''Blood'' is a 2004 Canadian

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directed by

Jerry Ciccoritti Jerry Ciccoritti (born August 5, 1956) is a Canadian film, television and theatre director. His ability to work in a number of genres and for many mediums has made him one of the most successful directors in the country. Biography Born in Tor ...

."Prostitute Sister Inspires Reformed Playwright"
'' The Georgia Straight'', December 9, 2004. Based on the theatrical play by

Tom Walmsley Tom Walmsley (born December 13, 1948 in Liverpool, England) is a Canadian playwright, novelist, poet and screenwriter.

, the film stars

Jacob Tierney Jacob Daniel Tierney (born September 26, 1979) is a Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for playing Eric in ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' (1990–1992) and as the co-writer, director, and executive producer of ...

as Chris Terry, a bisexual recovering drug addict and alcoholic who visits his prostitute sister Noelle ( Emily Hampshire) for the first time in five years, only to be asked to have a

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with Noelle and her client. The film was shot over four days by having Tierney and Hampshire perform the complete play eight times, and then editing to use the best take for each scene. The original play was written for older actors, but Ciccoritti chose to cast Tierney and Hampshire, both of whom he had worked with before, after the actors he had originally planned to cast were unavailable. The film premiered at the

2004 Toronto International Film Festival The 29th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 9 through September 18. The festival screened 328 films of which 253 were features and 75 were shorts (148 of the films screened were in a language other than English). Awards No fi ...

. The film received two

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

nominations at the

25th Genie Awards The 25th Genie Awards were held on March 21, 2005 to honour the best Canadian films released in 2004.Jay Stone, "Big, small get Genie nods". ''Kingston Whig-Standard'', February 9, 2005. The awards took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centr ...

in 2005, for Best Actress (Hampshire) and Best Original Screenplay (Ciccoritti). Ciccoritti also received a Directors Guild of Canada award nomination in 2005."Canadian directors' award nods announced". ''

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'', August 5, 2005.

Cast

* Emily Hampshire as Noelle Terry *

as Chris Terry

References

External links

* 2004 films 2004 drama films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Canadian films based on plays Canadian LGBT-related films LGBT-related drama films 2004 LGBT-related films Films about incest Films about prostitution in Canada Films directed by Jerry Ciccoritti 2000s English-language films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub