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Pre-Production - ENGLISH - Comedy, Drama, Romance - 100 minutes

Log Line

When a retired Italian widower comes out and begins dating a Québécois man, his children and friends do everything they can to push him back into the closet.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2014 (Debut)
Full history

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Lea POOL
Writer(s) : Paolo MANCINI, Thomas MICHAEL
Producer(s) : Barbara SHRIER (Palomar), Thomas MICHAEL (Fella Films)

Synopsis

After more than fifty years of repression, retired widower Angelo Borelli decides he can no longer live a lie and finally admits to himself that he's gay. But when his three blue-collar grown children discover his secret, they refuse to accept that their macho Italian dad is gay.

Production

Country(ies) : CANADA

Financing plan : Telefilm Canada
SODEC
eONE
Harold Greenberg Fund


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