''Posers'' is a 2002 Canadian drama film written and directed by

Katie Tallo Katie Tallo is a Canadian screenwriter, director, and author. Early life Tallo grew up in Ottawa in the Carleton Heights neighbourhood of Nepean. She is a graduate of Carleton University and Algonquin College. Career Inspired by her time with ...

Plot

Adria (Jessica Pare) is a young woman living the young urban career professional life seemingly all around innocent and radiantly angelic with a dark side, she's getting more criminally inclined with a trio of morally depraved young women who live for two things, vanity and revenge, who does a voiceover of the rules of getting their good favor and worshipping the queen bee, Love (Stefanie von Pfetten). They go to a nightclub and then follow Sadie (Danielle Kind), a young woman to the washroom and then swarmbeat her to death for cheating on Love with her boyfriend. Police Detective Sinclair (Adam Beach) investigates the four for the murder and gets nowhere cause a rule by Adria, "When something happens, blame it on a man" and begins a relationship with Adria, learning that her mother is in the hospital. Suddenly, Love has disappeared with blood smeared everywhere in her apartment which traumatises the other three. Then as the three go about their lives, their conscience gets the better of the them, getting more pathologically paranoid. At a party, the girls then argue and Vonny produces a handgun, then leaves the room only to be fatally shot by police. Ruth (Emily Hampshire) is then arrested for the murder of Love and Sinclair reveals a twist ending, Adria does not have a hospital-ridden mother, who passed away long ago and Adria suffers from

multiple personality disorder Dissociative identity disorder (DID), better known as multiple personality disorder or multiple personality syndrome, is a mental disorder characterized by the presence of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states. The di ...

, meaning Adria actually murdered Love.

Cast

Jessica Paré Jessica Paré (born December 5, 1980) is a Canadian actress and singer known for her co-starring roles on the AMC series ''Mad Men'' and the CBS series '' SEAL Team''. She has also appeared in the films '' Stardom'' (2000), ''Lost and Delirious'' ...

as Adria *Sarain Boylan as Vonny *

Stefanie von Pfetten Stefanie Christina Baroness von Pfetten (born November 25, 1973) is a German-Canadian film and television actress. Early life Stefanie von Pfetten was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her parents are Baron Hermann von of German nobility ...

as Love *

Emily Hampshire Emily Hampshire (born 1979) is a Canadian actress. Her best known roles include Angelina in the 1998 romantic comedy '' Boy Meets Girl'', Vivienne in the 2006 film '' Snow Cake'', Jennifer Goines in the Syfy drama series '' 12 Monkeys'' (2015� ...

as Ruth *

Adam Beach Adam Beach (born November 11, 1972) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Victor Joseph in ''Smoke Signals'', Frank Fencepost in ''Dance Me Outside'', Tommy on ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', Kickin' Wing in ''Joe Dirt'', U.S. Marine C ...

as Police Detective Sinclair * Chad Connell as Pretty Boy *

Dani Kind Dani Kind is a Canadian actress. Early life Danielle Kind was born on 10 January 1980. Raised in Toronto, Ontario, Kind chose her career in grade nine after seeing an actress perform a monologue during her high school studies. Kind then joined a ...

as Sadie (as Danielle Kind) *Adrian Langley as Cal *Alexandra Sinclair as Kaitlin

Release

''Posers'' premiered on September 22, 2002 at Cinéfest, followed by a home video release in early 2004.

Production

Filming for ''Posers'' took place in Ottawa during November 2001, over a period of 15 days. The film marked Tallo's second feature film, following the made for TV movie ''Juiced''.

Reception

DVD Talk DVD Talk is a home video news and review website launched in 1999 by Geoffrey Kleinman. History Kleinman founded the site in January 1999 in Beaverton, Oregon. Besides news and reviews, it features information on hidden DVD features known as ...

reviewed ''Posers'', writing that The characters and settings of Posers are good enough to stand on their own merits. Unfortunately, on top of what would have been an interesting, admittedly quieter film, Tallo has shoe-horned a murder mystery and compensated by trying to "surprise" the viewer at every turn."

References

External links

* Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Films shot in Ottawa Canadian independent films 2002 drama films 2002 films 2000s English-language films 2000s Canadian films {{indie-drama-film-stub