A breath of fresh air is this film about seven older women and their younger bus driver who are marooned in the Canadian countryside when their bus breaks down. Shacking up in an abandoned house, they make beds out of straw, catch fish and cook frogs, dance the boogie-woogie, brood a little, talk a lot, and find a certain peace in being lost. All are first-time screen actresses and the dialog is derived in part from their interactions and experiences; charmed and incisive moments are obtained in a look, a laugh, a quick sketch of a life. The group includes a Mohawk divorcee, a perceptive lesbian, a nun in blue jeans, a Dorset grandmother whose spunk may be a cover for live-in panic, and one elderly lady who is as familiar with her death as with her life. Director Scott gauges the mood, at times giving over the soundtrack to music ranging from Schubert to New Orleans jazz. The big issues facing these women are given a dreamy complexity.