In The Seats With...Amy Forsyth and 'Inedia'

There's generally nothing worse then not really knowing.... On today's episode we dive into a thoughtful piece of home grown cinema beginning it's run at the Carlton here in downtown Toronto.  It's time for 'Inedia'. It's the story of a young woman while struggling with a mysterious food allergy finds herself back away from friends, family even the world as a whole as her problems just won't go away.  She ultimately finds herself drawn to a radical community who claim to be nourished by light.  However the long she stays there the more she begins to question if this is the right place to be, not only for her but the other people she meets in this community where everything isn't quite as it seems. This is really a thoughtful piece of cinema that takes a look at the societal need to really be kinder to one another as no one person truly knows what is going on in the journey of another and it deftly plays with the ideas of how we actually don't know nearly as much as we think we do especially when it comes down to our friends and even our family.  Writer/Director Liz Cairns has crafted a deftly nuanced character study of a young woman trying to take care of herself with no clear path to a result in a story that actually wants to think and ask questions rather then look for an easy solution to make everyone else around them feel better.   It's always nice to see films that want you to ask questions rather then look for the answers because (at least from our perspective) that's truly the essence of the human experience. Star Amy Forsyth really tears into the emotional uncertainty of her character and it is a magnetic thing to watch, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Amy to talk about the nature of the project, the emotional challenges of the character, the collective need for us all to be a little nicer to one another and finding your way through the tall grass of being a working actor in North America. 'Inedia' is playing at the Carlton Cinema here in downtown Toronto.