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Wikipedia article
'True Confections' is a 1991 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Gail Singer."True confections: Sondra Gotlieb story embellished". 'Ottawa Citizen', December 6, 1991. Based on Sondra Gotlieb's Stephen Leacock Award-winning novel 'True Confections', it stars Leslie Hope as Verna Miller, a young Jewish woman growing up in the 1950s who rebels against the rigid gender role assigned to women in her era due to her ahead-of-her-time sensibilities and life aspirations."Singer: Cracking wise and felling lies". 'Toronto Star', September 2, 1991.
Rather than a strict adaptation of Gotlieb's novel, Singer added some material to the screenplay that was more reflective of her own experiences in that era."Film on Gotlieb book takes a few detours". 'Ottawa Citizen', August 24, 1991.
The film's cast also includes Judah Katz, Chandra West, Jeff Pustil, Jill Riley, Stewart Bick and Daniel Kash."True Confections shows there's more to Winnipeg than boys". 'Montreal Gazette', August 25, 1991.
The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in August 1991, and was screened at the 1991 Festival of Festivals in September."Festival Of Festivals fills in its open spaces". 'Toronto Star', August 21, 1991. Singer's documentary film 'Wisecracks' was also screened at the 1991 Festival of Festivals, making her the first filmmaker in the festival's history to have both a documentary and a narrative fiction film screened at the festival in the same year."Film-maker moves easily from comics to violence against women". 'Ottawa Citizen', April 13, 1995.
Award nominations
The film garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992:"French-Canadian films steal Genie show: Cronenberg's Naked Lunch leads the pack with 11 nominations". 'The Globe and Mail', October 14, 1992.
*Best Original Screenplay: Gail Singer
*Best Art Direction/Production Design: Andris Hausmanis
*Best Costume Design: Alisa Alexander
References
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