Mrs. Drake

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2017

• Short

• 15 min

Drama

Directed by Caitlin FitzGerald

A single mother struggles to maintain her equilibrium while raising her frequently difficult son, until one day he comes home from school saying his teacher is locking him in a closet. She doesn’t know who to believe or trust.

CayFilm Cayman International Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, Best Shorts Competition, Middle Coast Film Festival, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, NBCUniversal Short Film Festival, Fayetteville Film Festival, Milwaukee Short Film Festival, Laughlin International Film Festival, Wine Country Film Festival, BendFilm Festival, Carmel International Film Festival, Indie Memphis Film Festival, New Hampshire Film Festival, Cucalorus Film Festival, Denver Film Festival

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Director's statement

Mrs Drake is a story about blame and responsibility and the ways in which we often long to make someone else accountable for darknesses in ourselves that we are unwilling to address. In the end, it almost doesn't matter whether Mrs Drake is her enemy or ally, Laura just wants the teacher to share the burden of parenthood that weighs so heavily upon her- to not feel so alone in her guilt and shame. This film beautifully illustrates how, when we project blame in this way, it is an inevitably failed project. As Laura painfully discovers, ultimately no one else is responsible for her feelings of helplessness, and relief will only come from a frank confrontation with herself.