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Details
Union:
Not designated
Area of media:
Film School
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
Insurance payment
Deadline:
Dec 28, 2024
Callbacks:
Dec 14, 2024
Shooting starts:
Jan 25, 2025
Shooting finishes:
Jan 27, 2025
Shooting locations:
TBD
Cities for response:
Vancouver
Storyline
A loving mother with terminal cancer and a strong desire to live spends her final moments accepting her biggest fear: leaving her husband and daughter behind.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Meredith | Female 28 - 40 Years old |
Description Meredith is a brave and resilient woman and a loving mother who is battling terminal cancer. Despite her illness, she remains courageous and deeply compassionate. She is tender, emotional, and fiercely loving. She can find humour even in the darkest moments and balances her vulnerability and strength with a touch of wit, making her profoundly relatable and inspiring. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting Lead | Matthew | Male 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Meredith’s loving and supportive partner. He is a gentle, caring, and thoughtful person who is deeply committed to her, standing by her side with quiet strength throughout her battle with cancer. Mathew is the backbone of the family, taking care of his sick wife and his young daughter. He offers the support that Meredith needs, even though he is scared of losing her and is struggling with that. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting Lead | Ocean | Female 5 - 10 Years old |
Description Meredith’s daughter is a sweet, loving, innocent, bubbly, curious, playful, but shy kid who is quite strong as she goes through her mother’s illness, showing a deep love for her. (Comfortable with a heavy topic like cancer and death) | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Sarah | Female 28 - 40 Years old |
Description Sarah has the ability to bring warmth, lightness and support. Sarah is emotionally intelligent and compassionate, and she knows how to lift the spirits of those around her. She portrays a mixture of vulnerability, humor and resilience as she faces the challenges when her best friend goes through cancer. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Extras | Priest | Male 60 - 70 Years old |
Description A calm, composed, and respectful individual officiating a heartfelt wedding ceremony. | ||