FINN’S GIRL
Dir: Dominique Cardona & Laurie Colbert, Canada, 2007, 35mm, 88 min
Dr Finn Jefferies is a thoroughly modern lesbian, her family is pure 21st Century: two mothers, two careers and a kid. Nothing had ever rocked Finn’s passionate, committed life until the untimely death of her beloved partner, Nancy. A brilliant gynaecologist, Finn dedicates herself to running Nancy’s abortion clinic, despite the potential dangers and threats from picketers and pro-life campaigners. Finn, seemingly still lost in her grief, takes risks that jeopardise her relationship with the only person she really loves – her and Nancy’s daughter, 11-year-old Zelly, and is seemingly oblivious to her child’s attention-seeking antics - shoplifting, smoking dope and skipping school. When Finn is the subject of a sniper-attack at the clinic, police officer Diana Peris is assigned as protection. Intrigued by Finn and concerned for Zelly, Diana devotes overtime to her task, and for the first time since Nancy’s death, Finn feels drawn to someone she might be able to lean on and maybe even love. (Paul Tonta, 18th Melbourne Queer Film Festival)
“A refreshingly sophisticated, original story.” LA Outfest
Winner of Special Programming Committee Award, 2007 LA Outfest.