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Post-Production - ENGLISH - Drama, Comedy

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2018 (Debut)
  • Busan 2018 (Line up)
  • RDV Unifrance 2021 (Line up)
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Year of production : 2020

Director(s) : Matthew BISSONNETTE
Cast : Gabriel BYRNE, Brian GLEESON, Jessica PARÉ, Antoine Olivier PILON, Suzanne CLÉMENT, Karelle TREMBLAY

Producer(s) : Corey MARR, Marie-claude POULIN, Martina NILAND, Don CARMODY (Don Carmody Productions), Alexander KUSHAEV (Monte Rosso Productions)

Synopsis

Samuel O'Shea, an exuberant womanizer enthusiastic drinker and all-around hedonist, has seen better days. His second marriage is ending, and his wife and children are at wit's end with him. More disturbingly, he has begun seeing things: Frankenstein sidles up to the bar, strangers sing and dance to Leonard Cohen tunes, and his dead and adored father Ben pops up for chats.

At first Samuel thinks it could be the drink, or perhaps he’s just crazy or over-imaginative, but then learns he is gravely ill. Reflecting on the life he has lived, Samuel retreats to his family shack in remote Ireland, where he begins work on that great novel he always meant to write, and generally take stock. Surprisingly, or not, he meets and falls in love with a woman, who is full the unexpected. All this leads Samuel to an utterly unforeseeable happy ending.

Featuring the following songs by Leonard Cohen :
- Memories
- Bird on the Wire
- The Lost Canadian
- Why Don't You Try
- Hallelujah
- Did I Ever Love You
- Heart With No Companion

Production

Country(ies) : CANADA, IRELAND

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