Treading Water

Story

Synopsis

Casey has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives a cozy life with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex until her stuffy family demands that she come home for Christmas – without Alex. Casey is a longshorewoman who seems to have everything she wants; she and her girlfriend Alex are very much in love. But there’s nothing like the holidays to bring out the drama of the average family. Casey lives just across the bay from her upper crust New England family. The proximity seems no accident: Casey can’t quite let go, despite her family’s judgmental and inescapable hold on her otherwise independent and unconventional life. When the family reunites for Christmas, the unwrapping of presents takes a back seat to the unraveling of emotions.

Director

Lauren Himmel

Language

English

Country

Canada

Release date

15 June 2001

Ensemble

Cast

• Angela Redman

  Casey

• 

  Nina Landey

  Alex Barrett-Rosenberg

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  Annette Miller

  Mrs. Olsen

• Robert Harte

  Shawn Olsen

• Shawn Nee

  Andrew Olsen

• 

  Richard Snee

  Mr. Olsen