The Toe Tactic (2008)
83 min
Mona is nearly overwhelmed by grief and depression. After her father's death, she's cut herself off: leaving teaching - she now temps as an office assistant, ignoring her mother's calls, talking to herself in mirrors, and rejecting any offered intimacy. She's watched over by comic extraterrestrial beings whom we see as cartoon squiggles. They ensure that random acts bring her connections - with a neighbor boy, his mother, and his surreptitious piano teacher (the lad wants to surprise his mom). She also meets an elevator operator in the building where she temps for Ms. Hadaway, a widow with perfect diction. Can Mona take a few steps on the road to expressing emotion?
- Release date
- January 29, 2009
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Lily Rabe as Mona Peek
- H. Jon Benjamin as Police Officer
- Xander Berkeley as Dad
- Don Byron as Ralph
- Kevin Corrigan as Hector Freegood
- Richard Cox as Stalker Timmy
- David Cross as Timmy
- Ann Dowd as Honey Woman
- Jon Glaser as Tooot
- Hillary Hubley as Young Mona
Crew
- Emily Hubley · Director
- Emily Hubley · Writer
- Emily Hubley · Producer
- Jen Small · Producer
- Yo La Tengo · Composer
- Andrij Parekh · Cinematographer
- Ray Hubley · Editor
- Ali Farrell · Casting director
- Laura Rosenthal · Casting director
- Aleta Shaffer · Production designer