Festivals - TIFF 2017 : Mercy a new drama-romance with Kate Mara and Ellen Page

Par Mulder, 25 août 2017

My Days of Mercy is an upcoming drama-romance film directed by Tali Shalom Ezer, from a screenplay by Joe Barton. It is scheduled to be screened in the Gala Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

Synopsis:
Sisters Lucy (Ellen Page) and Martha Morrow (Amy Seimetz) are regular attendees at state executions across the Midwest, where they demonstrate in favour of abolishing the death penalty. At one such event, Lucy spots Mercy (Kate Mara), daughter of a police officer whose partner was killed by a man about to receive a lethal injection. Mercy is there to celebrate justice served. Lucy and Mercy could be bitter enemies, yet they share an undeniable connection. Their relationship grows from hostility to curiosity to intense, physical passion. But eventually Lucy must confess her reasons for getting involved in the cause: her own father (Elias Koteas) was convicted of murder and now waits on death row. Can Lucy and Mercy overcome their intense differences, or will these differences consume them?

Screenings:
Public Screening #1: Friday, September 8, 8:30am at Scotiabank Theater 3
Public Screening #2: Saturday, September 16, 3:00pm at Winter Garden Theater
Public Screening #3: Sunday, September 17, 9:00am at Scotiabank Theater 4

Mercy
Directed by Tali Shalom-Ezer
Written by Joe Barton
Produced by Ellen Page, Kate Mara, Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa
Starring Ellen Page, Kate Mara, Amy Seimetz, Elias Koteas, Brian Geraghty
Music by Michael Brook
Cinematography Radek Ladczuk
Edited by Einat Glaser Zarhin
Production company : Killer Films, Great Point Media
Running time: 103 minutes