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.

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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Emily Gagne

Dread Central

The same sort of tenderness Sarah Polley channeled when making the criminally underrated 'Take This Waltz.'

Rated: 3/5

Aug 10, 2024

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Josh Korngut

Exclaim!

A somewhat fresh and strange character study worth watching for audiences with the right threshold for arthouse vagueness.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 5, 2024

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Abe Friedtanzer

The Film Experience

This film never manages to figure out what it’s truly meant to be about, instead remaining fixated on a mystery that carries through without every truly resolving itself. There’s plenty of intrigue to be found en route to a middling finish.

Rated: C+

Jul 27, 2024

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Darkest Miriam makes use of absurdist humour to explore the sense of unreality that…bereavement can create.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 25, 2024

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Matthew Simpson

That Shelf

If Darkest Miriam has a flaw, it might be that at 90 minutes, it feels a little too long. Still, the film is well-acted and beautiful, so this is a minor complaint.

Jul 10, 2024

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Naomi Jaye

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Britt Lower

Miriam Gordon

Tom Mercier

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Sook-Yin Lee

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Jean Yoon

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Naomi Jaye

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Synopsis

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
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 27m