Related: TIFF Review: The Starling Lacks Emotional Substance Despite Strong Performances In the midst of all this is their mother, Lottie (Mare Winningham), a stoic woman who rarely lets her emotions past the wall she’s seemingly put up after Jake (Donal Logue), her husband and the women’s father, died by suicide years prior. Yoli is angry and frustrated with Elf, a renowned pianist who is resigned to death despite her sister’s protests and unwillingness to let her go. She’s in the middle of a divorce from an ex-husband who is frustrated by her refusal to sign the papers when she is called back to her hometown following her sister Elfrieda’s (Sarah Gadon), “Elf” for short, suicide attempt. Yoli Von Riesen (Alison Pill) is a successful writer who is struggling to finish her next novel after the last one bombed.
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