Darkest Miriam

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Darkest Miriam

2024

1h 27m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

Romance

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Librarian Miriam Gordon (Britt Lower) lives in a fog of grief while working amidst marginalized members of the public who populate the Allen Gardens branch of the Toronto Public Libraries. When a burgeoning love-affair with Janko, a younger foreign cab driver (Tom Mercier), coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters addressed to her, Miriam's sheltered existence is cracked open.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

Darkest Miriam is a quiet marvel

Mar 27, 2025

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

While the result can sometimes appear as if though it’s a collection of craftily staged home movies stitched together, it only takes a few scenes to become fully locked into Veninger’s personal life.

Mar 26, 2025

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Caryn James

The Hollywood Reporter

Naomi Jaye has taken the unpromising story of a soft-spoken young librarian and turned it into a small wonder of a film, eloquent and captivating.

Jun 11, 2024

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Michael Nordine

Movie Brief

Succeeds in leaving us wanting more.

May 16, 2025

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

Britt Lower gives a confidently mournful performance in a film that may not do much to increase library attendance but introduces us to a character in a workplace forced to witness extroverted behavior that she may be incapable of while managing her grief

Rated: 3/4

Apr 20, 2025

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Jeff York

The Establishing Shot

The film may start with a remote heroine, a cold formality to the cinematography & austerity to the soundtrack, but eventually all of what we’re witnessing warms and brightens, and we open ourselves to the world whirling around Miriam, just as she does.

Rated: 4/4

Apr 17, 2025

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Librarian Miriam Gordon (Britt Lower) lives in a fog of grief while working amidst marginalized members of the public who populate the Allen Gardens branch of the Toronto Public Libraries. When a burgeoning love-affair with Janko, a younger foreign cab driver (Tom Mercier), coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters addressed to her, Miriam's sheltered existence is cracked open.

Director: Naomi Jaye
Producer: Julie Baldassi, Brian Robertson
Screenwriter: Naomi Jaye
Production Co: Younger Daughter Films, Through the Lens Entertainment, Low End
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 27m

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