A talented professor is forced to come to terms with her clinical depression.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ashley Judd | ... | Helen Leonard | |
| Goran Visnjic | ... | David Leonard | |
| Lauren Lee Smith | ... | Mathilda | |
| Alexia Fast | ... | Julie | |
| Alberta Watson | ... | Dr. Sherman | |
| Leah Cairns | ... | Susanna | |
| David Hewlett | ... | Frank | |
| David Nykl | ... | John | |
| Chelah Horsdal | ... | Kara | |
| Ali Liebert | ... | Donna | |
| Conrad Coates | ... | Stephen | |
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Alex Stevens | ... | Woman |
| Rob Heschl | ... | Maire'd | |
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Robin Nielsen | ... | Stranger |
| Adrian Hough | ... | ER Doctor | |
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Helen has it all: friends, an attentive second husband, a cheerful teen daughter, musical talent, and a university teaching job. Then, something's amiss: is her husband cheating, does she have a fatal disease, does her past haunt her? There's a quick hospitalization, a disclosure, a bond with one of her students, Mathilde, and a dark chasm that seems to be opening in front of her: can Helen do anything about the problem she won't discuss, or will it swallow her? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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professor | clinical depression | woman | f rated | nipples visible through clothing |Taglines:
To reach the light, we have to face the darkness. [Scandinavian DVD.] See more »Genres:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 November 2009 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Хелън See more »Filming Locations:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaEdit
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$8,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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This movie is way too long for the events it depicts, and way too dark both in content and in the film. I understand the under lighted scenes are supposed to reflect the darkness of depression, but it's as annoying to watch two hours of no one bothering to turn on a light bulb as it is to watch the scenes being drawn out for time needlessly.
I also found it was a completely predictable story.
That being said the score was really good, as was the acting from everyone in this movie. If a half hour more was moved to the cutting room floor it wouldn't be missed and the movie would be better for it, but it would still be a movie few people will want to sit through, a dark drama on clinical depression.