MURMUR

By Heather YOUNG

HOUSEPLANT FILMS INC. - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2019


Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2019
Discovery FIPRESCI PRIZE
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 84 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Heather YOUNG
    • Writer(s)
    • Heather YOUNG
    • Producer(s)
    • Martha COOLEY
    • Synopsis
    • Donna has recently been convicted of “Driving While Impaired” and is ordered to perform community service at the local animal shelter. When an elderly dog is scheduled to be euthanized, Donna decides to take the dog home and quickly realizes his companionship can ease her loneliness. In a futile attempt to fill the emptiness she feels, Donna begins to take home more and more animals and she is soon in over her head.