Darkest Miriam
World Premiere

Darkest Miriam

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Feature | Canada | 87 MINUTES | English
Drama, Romance, Mystery

Miriam is a librarian working in an out of the way branch of the Toronto Public Library. Working among the marginalized eccentrics and cranks that frequent her branch, she is trudging through her life shrouded in a fog of grief. To add weirdness to sadness, she keeps finding vaguely threatening letters throughout the library that seem to be addressed to her and the world at large, but mostly to her. While puzzling over this mystery, Miriam meets Janko, a younger foreign cab driver. When they start a love affair Miriam starts to feel her fog lift. But the question remains: what is the deal with those letters? 

Executive Produced by Charlie Kaufman, director Naomi Jaye’s adaptation of Matha Baillie’s novel The Incident Report is off-kilter and generically unclassifiable. Featuring brilliant performances from Britt Lower and Tom Mercier as Miriam and Janko, Darkest Miriam is an understated, enigmatic, vibe forward playhouse that is solemn and quirky in equal measure.––Jason Gutierrez


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Naomi Jaye
Director
Naomi Jaye
Producer
Julie Baldassi, Brian Robertson
Screenwriter
Naomi Jaye
Cinematographer
Michael LeBlanc
Editor
Lev Lewis
Composer
Louie Short, Eliza Niemi
Executive Producer
Charlie Kaufman, Martha Baillie, Brian Robertson, Julie Baldassi, Adi Chand, Jonas Prupas, Dean Perlmutter, Charles Baillie, Harland Weiss, Donovan M. Boden, Isil Gilderdale, Emily Harris, Stephanie Hickman, Naomi Jaye
Based on the novel
The Incident Report by Martha Baillie
Cast
Britt Lower, Tom Mercier, Sook-Yin Lee, Jean Yoon

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