Romanne Walker

Set in the sparsely populated lobster fishing villages of southern Nova Scotia, Plains is a cinema vérité approach to documenting the curious lives of Jon and Cat, a young couple who are developing politically left-leaning virtual reality video games. Against the busy backdrop of their art practice, we sit in on their quiet rural life, which, in its proximity to nature and the vast green and oceanic spaces that surround, echoes the romanticism of a simpler time. As the decaying world of physical labour and the mechanical industry faces up to an expanding digital empire, Jon gradually retreats into the alternative realities of his own design.

Alone in the subway station underpasses, Lou is attempting to contact her mother, who has been ignoring her calls. Seeking refuge in the eerily empty public toilets, she meets an all too familiar looking woman, who draws her into the surreal world of lesbian cruising. But after a frustrating encounter, Lou finds herself once again rejected by the fickle spirit of unattainable women.