Actor and filmmaker Michelle Nolden takes a break from prepping the Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival's 10th anniversary screening (November 12th in Paris, Ontario) to talk about Mike Leigh's 1996 Palme d'Or winner Secrets and Lies. Your genial host Norm Wilner has a story for this one.
Actor and filmmaker Michelle Nolden (Saving Hope, October Faction and currently CBC's Heartland) is also the artistic director of the Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival, which is marking its 10th anniversary with a special Grand River Shorts edition at the Dominion Telegraph Centre in Paris, Ontario, on November 12th. And she's here to talk about one of her very favourite movies: Mike Leigh's 1996 Palme d'Or winner Secrets and Lies, which paired Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste as long-lost relatives whose reconnection shakes up both of their lives. Your genial host Norm Wilner has a story for this one.