Kissed

Infobox Film
name = Kissed


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director = Lynne Stopkewich
producer = Dean English
Lynne Stopkewich
writer = Angus Fraser
Lynne Stopkewich
Barbara Gowdy
(short story)
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starring = Molly Parker
Peter Outerbridge
Jay Brazeau
Natasha Morley
music = Don MacDonald
cinematography = Gregory Middleton
editing = John Pozer
Peter Roeck
Lynne Stopkewich
distributor = MGM
released = flagicon|Canada September 7, 1996 (TIFF)
runtime = 88 min
country = Canada
language = English
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imdb_id = 0116783

"Kissed" is a Canadian drama film, released in 1996. The film was directed by Lynne Stopkewich, and written by Stopkewich and Angus Fraser, based on Barbara Gowdy's short story "We So Seldom Look On Love".

The film stars Molly Parker as Sandra Larson, a young woman whose romanticization of death leads her to study embalming at a mortuary school, where in turn she finds herself drawn toward feelings of necrophilia. Peter Outerbridge also stars as Matt, a fellow student who develops romantic feelings toward Sandra.

To make the film, Stopkewich went $30,000 in debt and her company was $400,000 in the hole despite a grant to help complete the film. [Kalli Paakspuu, "Lynne Stopkewich: Abject Sexualities" "Great Canadian Film Directors", ed. George Melnyk. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press (2007): 394]

Cast

*Molly Parker - Sandra Larson
*Peter Outerbridge - Matt
*Jay Brazeau - Mr. Wallis, Mortician
*Natasha Morley - Young Sandra
*Jessie Winter Mudie - Carol, Sandra's Best Friend
*James Timmons - Jan, Mortuary Janitor
*Joe Maffei - Biology Teacher
*Robert Thurston - Detective
*Annabel Kershaw - Mother Larson
*Tim Dixon - Father Larson, Owner of Larson's Flowers

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