The Courageous

In a small town on the edge of wild countryside, an eccentric mother has had enough of the rules. Crushed by her mistakes and by a society that does not care about people like her, she will do anything to prove to her children, and to herself, that she still is a good person. Awarded the Discovery Award at the Toronto Film Festival, Jasmin Gordon’s poignant and impeccably crafted feature film debut rattles our perceptions of motherhood and moral integrity with its intimate and complex portrait of a kind of woman we’re not used to seeing on screen.