Claire Leona Apps

Ruminate

Claire Leona Apps

Rebecca Hall, Chandru Bhojwani

To ruminate means to think; to chew thoughts over and over, focusing on symptoms of distress, their causes and consequences. Gemma is in her mid-thirties; a childless woman, casually dating, living in the big city of London, primarily concentrating on work and survival. The years have slipped by and the things that have fallen into place for her friends still elude her. We follow her over two days, never hearing her speak. Instead we witness a series of events that question her happiness, culminating with her gynecologist revealing she has cancerous cells that could affect her ability to bear children. The film shows, not tells, an uncomplicated, poignant and beautiful story about age, being human, a woman, neither a victim nor a victor, and the realization that time waits for no one.

And Then I Was French

Claire Leona Apps

Joanna Vanderham, Lewis Rainer

Sensitive wallflower Cara exists in her humdrum life until the appearance of charismatic Jay unlocks powerful desires within her. When Jay's beautiful French lover arrives, Cara's journey to self-discovery takes a dark and unexpected turn, with tragic consequences.

Adventures of a Very Sad Willy

Claire Leona Apps

Stuck at home during the COVID lockdown with a lusty lady, Sad Willy yearns for self-isolation.