THE MIRROR

LE MIROIR

By Marc JOLY-CORCORAN

FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World, CANADA

Drama - Completed 2019

A mourning son must travel to Belgium to collect his mother's ashes. She bequeaths him an old mirror, but his mother's very young partner makes it very difficult for him to get it back.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival du film de l'Outaouais 2020
Official Selection
Reykjavik Visions Film Festival 2020
Official Selection
Chicago Indie Film Awards 2021
Official Selection
California Indies 2021
Official Selection
Puerto Rico Film Festival 2021
Official Selection
Switzerland International Film Festival 2021
Official Selection
Rameshwaram International Film Festival 2021
Best International Feature Film Award
Montreal Independent Film Festival 2021
Best Canadian Indie Feature
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • FRENCH, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Marc JOLY-CORCORAN
    • Writer(s)
    • Marc JOLY-CORCORAN
    • Producer(s)
    • Marc JOLY-CORCORAN (Exogene Films), Sandra MUNGER (Exogene Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Jean has not seen his mother, Diane, for the past five years, due to an incident he is not ready to forgive her for. When she commits suicide in Belgium, Jean must go there to retrieve her ashes and deal with the estate. At his mother's house he meets Fabrice, Diane's very young husband. He also meets Juliana, a good friend of his mother, whom Diane has entrusted her holographic will. Jean learns that his mother has left him an antique mirror of great value. While sorting through Diane's belongings, Jean develops a slight obsession with this antique mirror, which is said to be linked to some disturbing and pivotal events in Jean's life as a child. Through the quest for the mirror, he will also discovers a secret hidden by his mother. Jean will have to forgive his mother, but also and above all, free himself from her...