Canadian filmmaker Cynthia Scott, whose dance documentaries include the award-winning FLAMENCO AT 5:15, makes an impressive feature debut with STRANGERS IN GOOD COMPANY, a naturalistic, partly improvised drama of old age.
After their tour bus breaks down and their driver sprains her ankle, seven elderly women find themselves stranded in the Quebec countryside. The group includes a shy Mohawk woman, a free thinker, a literary lesbian and an irrepressible woman from Dorset named Cissy. Six of them set out to find
shelter, while the other two remain behind to see if they can fix the bus. In the isolated country they come across a deserted farmhouse. "What a dump,"...
Released:
1991
Rated:
PG
Length:
100 mins