简介：ThislovelyCanadianfeaturehasClaireBloom,playingyoungerthanherrealageandlookingplump,asanEnglishwomanwholeaveshermarriageafter40years.Althoughthenarrativepresentslivingonthepensionasnear-homelessness,withBloomriflingthroughgarbagetofindusefulitems,hernewlifealsohappenstoprovideherwithaprotectiveboarding-typehouse,andaromancewithayoungerman.TheromanceishelpedbythecharmofDanjelLavdiewhoplaysoffBloom'selegance-thoughsheusesamaniclaughtosuggestthatisn'ttotallyalady. Thetreatmentfeaturesanunintentionallaughinagayman'sline"I'veneverseensomeonesocarelesswithhis(chess)queen",andafunnyintentionalexchangebetweenBloomandherogrehusband-"Couldn'tplyyourlegsapartwithacrowbar","Thatprobablywasn'tthebestwaytotry". SusannahYorkpopsupasBloom'soldestfriend,butsheisfeaturedinsomeofdirectorClaudeFournier'sill-advisedfantasyscenes-onewhereaboyinathongparadesforbothwomen,andotherswherethecharactersareoutlinedwithwhitelight.…