A Convergence of Solitudes
A Convergence of Solitudes
Cassandra Schiemann
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Marilyn Stanley
, Stephanie Baird
, Patricia McCowan
, Page Burton
, Meradith Anderson
, Chris Carvalho
, Rianna Mcgarry
, Deb Philippon
, Navkomal Toor
, Margaret Palmer
, Thelma Ball
, Deana Bueley
, Macy McCubbing
, Andrea Pole
, diana kirkwood
, Andrea Gillespie
, Sarah Schwartz
, Vanessa Charbonneau-Dinelle
, Jen Bailey
, Noelle Walsh
, Julie Kaniak
, Linda Leitch
, Mary Therrien
, VJ Hatton
, LJ Law
, Natasa Ilic
, Tara Murphy
, Jean Keetch
, Jude Castillo
, Arshia Goraya
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Gabriella Fars
, P. Thompson
, Huguette Lemieux
, Barry Kazimer
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Laurie Burns
, Alice Smith
, Hilary Squires
, Patricia Johnson
, Tina May
, angie kuhnle
, Paula Adam
, Shayla Bradley
, Beth Dekoker
, Deborah Nagy
, Phreia Von Woolfgard
, Kirsten Kennedy
, Ken Gilmour
, Sebastian Schulman
, Audrey Borg
, Debbie Evans
, Maria Mclean
, Elaine Baptie
, Mary Boulos
, Sandra Furlotte
, Rachel Edmonds
, Megan Brodie
, Chloe Moore
, CHRISTINE ST. JOHN
, Tiffany C
, Janice Cournoyer
, Elle Andra-Warner
, Christine Lion
, Jessica Gilbert
, Patricia McKeown
, Cynthia Heinrichs
, Benita Hartwell
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Susan Jang
, Elizabeth Obermeyer
, BJ Underwood
, Robert Hykawy
, Ashley Pamenter
, Denise Duvall
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Barbara Leckie
, Sharlene Ketelaar
, Natalie Lessard
, Heather Sibley
, Anndee Newson
, Melissa Poremba
, Lisa Mallia
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Mary Danieli
, Derek Davidson
, Janet Miller
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Wanda Brine
, Jody Spencer
, Delfina Trevisan
, Debbie Youngman
, Shawna Sanderson
, Crystal Inwood
, Sean Pynaert
, Rhona Brinkman
, Shannon Ralph
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A story of identity, connection and forgiveness, A Convergence of Solitudes shares the lives of two families across Partition of India, Operation Babylift in Vietnam, and two referendums in Quebec.
Sunil and Hima, teenage lovers, bravely defy taboos in pre-Partition India to come together as their country divides in two. They move across the world to Montreal and raise a family, but Sunil shows symptoms of schizophrenia, shattering their newfound peace. As a teenager, their daughter Rani becomes obsessed with Quebecois supergroup Sensibilité—and, in particular, the band's charismatic, nationalistic frontman, Serge Giglio—whose music connects Rani to the province's struggle for cultural freedom. A chance encounter leads Rani to babysit Mélanie, Serge's adopted daughter from Vietnam, bringing her fleetingly within his inner circle.
Years later, Rani, now a college guidance counselor, discovers that Mélanie has booked an appointment to discuss her future at the school. Unmoved by her father's staunch patriotism and her British mother's bourgeois ways, Mélanie is struggling with deep uncertainty about her identity and belonging. As the two women's lives become more and more intertwined, Rani's fascination with Mélanie's father's music becomes a strange shadow amidst their friendship.
