Thursday, February 27
The Screening Room
7:00 pm
Friday, February 28
The Screening Room
1:00 pm
Inspired by a true story in the family of writer-director Michael Clowater, this poignant yet often very funny film – an audience prizewinner at the Calgary film festival – takes place in a time and place when LGBTQ+ people had precious little opportunity to live their truth. To be more specific, that setting is small-town New Brunswick circa 1970, which is where a grouchy plumber named Weldon (Charlie Creed-Miles) receives a call from the Toronto police to come collect his long-estranged brother Perley (Alan Cumming) lest he face the full consequences of being caught having sex with another man in a public park. What ensues is an uncommonly good-natured kind of road movie as the brothers seek a new understanding of each other, and of the traumatic history they share. The slow-building rapport between Creed-Miles and the always great Cumming is just one of the reasons Clowater’s first feature is so endearing and moving.
Director: Michael Clowater
Cast: Alan Cumming, Charlie Creed-Miles, Clare Coulter, Sprague Grayden, Gray Powell
Language: English
Runtime: 100 minutes
Content advisory: homophobia, violence
MIKAELA BODIN
Swedish editor Mikaela Bodin has over a decade of experience editing for television and feature films. She has cut commercials for major brands, including McDonald’s, Carlsberg, TD Bank, and Tim Hortons., as well as editing music performances for Nile Rodgers, Franz Ferdinand, and Graham Nash.
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