There, There (2024)
1h 40m
Running Time
September 29, 2024Release Date
Plot.
“I don’t think I’m doing very well,” Ruth Mackie tells her doctor during a cognitive exam. An elderly Nova Scotian woman struggling with dementia, Ruth likes feeding pigeons and playing TV bingo. She believes that her home is infested with bugs and that they live inside her, too. Ruth’s pregnant young caretaker, Shannon is grappling with her abandonment by the baby’s father, a race-car driver. As Ruth’s cognition deteriorates, these two women overlooked by society leave an indelible impression on each other.
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Cast & Crew.
Marlene Jewell
Ruth Mackie
Katie Mattattal
Shannon
Heather Young
Director / Producer / Writer / Editor
Britt Kerr
Producer
Martha Cooley
Producer
Catherine Lutes
Director of Photography
Michael Pierson
Production Design
Details.
Wiki.
There, There is a Canadian drama film, written and directed by Heather Young and premiering in 2024. Shot with a static camera, the film centres on the relationship between Ruth (Marlene Jewell), an elderly woman afflicted with early stage dementia, and Shannon (Katie Mattatall), her young caretaker who is struggling with having been abandoned by her boyfriend while she was pregnant with their child.
The film received a production grant from Telefilm Canada in 2022.
The film is slated to premiere at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, and will screen in the National Competition at the 2024 Festival du nouveau cinéma.