The Shower

Story

Synopsis

A feminine take on a Cassavetes drama, the film focuses on a group of women who have gathered for a surprise baby shower. However, as the female guests arrive (the household males having adjourned to an afternoon football game), the off-screen mother-to-be goes into premature labour, leaving the bored invitees to sip spiked punch and discuss the dearth of available men until the drunken boys return home, thus setting the stage for male/female confrontations, confessions and clumsy acts of copulation-notably while standing under a shower. An exploration of the contemporary trappings of male/female sexual politics.

Director

Gail Harvey

Writers

Gail Harvey, Walter Donohue, Richard Beattie

Language

English

Country

Canada

Release date

1 January 1992

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Kate Lynch

  Sheila

• 

  Brent Carver

  Kevin

• 

  Janet-Laine Green

  Louise

• Kay Tremblay

  Pearl

• Joyce Campion

  Anne

• 

  Krista Bridges

  Kate

• 

  Sean Hewitt

  Uncle Maury

• Chas Lawther

  Wayne

• Jed Dixon

  Justin

• 

  Shirley Douglas

  Marie

• Diana Rowland

  Kate's mother

• Erin Combs

  Robin