Join members of the Rotary Club of Ottawa-Stittsville for their International Film Series in collaboration with the Film Circuit of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Each month a different film will be shown.
Thelma (US, English 93 min) showing on March 31.
Have you ever been scammed? In this film, a 93-year-old old woman decides to fight back when she learns that her attempt to help her grandson (a truly charming Danny) with $10,000, is part of a phone scam. The film was inspired by director Josh Margolin’s real-life experience with his own grandmother. The ensuing race/struggle is a reminder that age is just a number, and that goodness can prevail. This film brings humour, pathos, and an awareness of the limitations as well as the possibilities of aging to the big screen. Thelma is easy to like, but the other characters in this film give us some amazing performances as well. This film is humane, and timely. Not to be missed.
Please contact Charles Mossman (charcz@yahoo.com) for the 4:00pm showing, or Sandra Burt (sburt@uwaterloo.ca) for the 7:00pm showing. The price of a pass for the four films is $60. If you cannot attend all the films, you may send a substitute attendee. Note that these films deal with mature subjects and are not suitable for children.