Michael Melski’s The Child Remains delves into grim N.S. history
By some strange phenomenon, the interior of the wooden garage at Windsor’s historic Clockmaker Inn is colder than the outside.
Despite the presence of bright lights and a busy film crew setting up the next shot on writer-director Michael Melski’s new feature, The Child Remains, the actors and assorted grips and gaffers are taking their craft services coffee outside to stay warm.
The chilly atmosphere seems appropriate, though, as Melski’s followup to his 2008 comedy-drama Growing Op and his 2011 urban thriller Charlie Zone is his first foray into horror, with a story rooted in Nova Scotia history and folklore. On the final day of shooting, Melski guides Cannes Film Festival award-winning actor Suzanne Clement through a heavy scene in which she confronts the caretaker of an inn that was formerly a home for unwed mothers.
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