The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche
2012 Canadian film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche is a 2012 Canadian biographical docudrama film written and directed by Maya Gallus.[1] The film explores the private personal life of Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche, using a mixture of archival materials, interviews and dramatic reenactments, centering in large part on the unresolved question of whether de la Roche's longtime Boston marriage with Caroline Clement was a lesbian relationship in modern terms.[2]
The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche | |
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Directed by | Maya Gallus |
Written by | Maya Gallus |
Produced by | Maya Gallus |
Starring | Deborah Hay Jordyn Negri Severn Thompson |
Cinematography | Stan Barua |
Edited by | Roslyn Kalloo |
Production company | Red Queen Productions |
Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date | April 29, 2012 |
Running time | 52 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The dramatic reenactments star Severn Thompson as de la Roche, and Deborah Hay as Clement.
The film premiered at the 2012 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[3] but was distributed principally as a television broadcast on Bravo rather than theatrically.[4] It later received a repeat screening at the 2017 festival, as part of a program of biographical documentary films about significant women in history.[5]
The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014, for Best Editorial Research (Gallus), Best Visual Research (Erin Chisholm) and Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series (Stan Barua).[6]