Before starting in on my seasonal David Lean binge I visited the VPL's online NFB library to watch a Don Owen film that looked nothing like its NFB site description ("a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world"), but that of a man with mental health issues.
Of equal interest are the women in his life: the former girlfriend who takes him in when he is homeless and a single-parent mom who adds him to her dating list. Both women are independent, free-spirited and sympathetic to what they see as this man's attempt to "find himself".
There are many highlights in this remarkable film, but the one that really grabbed me came at the 31:40 mark, when Judith Gault (above) busts a two-minute move -- to the groovin' sounds of the Kensington Market.
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