“Lost and Delirious” by Lea Pool (2001)

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“a hymn to teenage idealism and hormones” (Roger Ebert)
The usual Lea Pool’s family situations — difficult but crucial mother-daughter relationships and absent fathers — play a role in the background

Cast: Piper Perabo, Jessica Pare, Jackie Burroughs
Directed by Lea Pool
Written by Judith Thompson
Music by Robyn Schulkowsky
Cinematography by Jeanne Lapoirie
Film Editing by Michel Arcand