
Disconnected from her family, April, an ambitious bureaucrat's wife and the daughter of wealthy parents, amuses herself with petty shoplifting. During a thieving spree, she is taken hostage by a gang of outcasts.
Directed by Geoff Bennett, Turning April leans on a strong ensemble — Tushka Bergen, Aaron Blabey, Justine Clarke — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1996.
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In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
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