Name: Love. Marriage. Miscarriage
Genre: Short, Comedy, Drama
Duration: 10 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Jonathan Baldock, Don Berns, Morgan Davidoff

This short that debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival presents a very real-to-life situation dealing with the pain of miscarriage, and how it effects family relationships. An under-appreciated situation that happens all too often in life, and is handled with great sensitivity and tact.

The scene is that of a family get-together with the in-laws at their family cottage. Normally that would be a relaxed and happy time, but with the internal emotional issues that come with a miscarriage, it is more a time to dread rather than a pleasant time.

A plot line that could easily slip into melodrama or soap opera-like fake emotionalism is instead treated by the director and the actors with a very even hand and never stops being "real."

The casting is well done, the actors were very believable in their roles, one could easily picture oneself at a real family table with people just like them. 

In just 10 minutes, the viewer is left with a lot of food for thought, and the memories of this film linger days after-ward.

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Magda's had a rough go of it lately - having just suffered through a miscarriage - but she's always been able to use her sense of humor as a coping mechanism. But now she has to spend the day with her upper-class in-laws, where it would be the height of rudeness to even discuss such matters, let alone joke about them. Will she make it through the day, with her sanity intact?

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