The Audition

A quirky and ultimately moving short film that gives fans of Campion an invaluable peek into her own personality and her relationship with her mother, Edith. The audition described in the title is that which Edith performs for a small cameo in Jane's "An Angel at My Table," though willful Jane is actually far more excited to give her mother the part than pessimistic, fretful Edith is to play it. The movie recalls Alan Rickman's "The Winter Guest" in its careful, gentle meditation on a mother and daughter played by a real-life mother and daughter. Kudos to the Campion behind the camera, Jane's sister Anna, for this gem.