Guinevere

(Miramax)

Savvy writer/director Audrey Wells's film maps the obsession of disheveled fiftysomething photographer Connie (Stephen Rea) for pedigreed 20-year-old blonde Harper (a radiant Sarah Polley). Harper moves in with Connie and becomes his "assistant"; it's clear what's going on, and yet Guinevere taps into a vein of tenderness for this unlikely couple. And if they break up in the end, maybe it's not the age difference -- as Wells points out, "even the most intense love is not always lasting."