Mike Whelan

Lament for a Father and Child. A Dogme 95 short film.

A devoted single mother, Constance, struggles to balance her newfound love with Leo and the obsessive, destructive behavior of her son, Anthony, who will go to extreme lengths to keep her to himself.

Virgil is down on his luck. Working as a janitor at a local aquarium, the sharks in the exhibit are his only friends. It’s certainly not his boss, the flirty secretary, the violent co-worker, or his wise-guy supervisor. But when people around Virgil start turning up dead—killed by someone wielding a shark-handled blade—it becomes clear that something dark and dangerous is circling closer. He’s emotional. He needs support. And he’s surrounded by sharks.

It's been 16 years since Rosemary returned home to her tiny tight-knit Newfoundland community following the untimely death of her husband. Through death, loss, and years of self-sacrifice she gives until it is time to give up the ghost.