Completed - ENGLISH-CANADA - Drama, Second film, Black comedy - 90 minutes
Wayne, an amateur method actor, inherits the city’s last adult cinema from his estranged father Al and gets caught up in the pornographic underworld as he struggles to resolve the traumas from his youth and reconcile with the father he barely knew.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Kire PAPUTTS Writer(s) : Kire PAPUTTS Cast : Nathanael CHADWICK, Victoria DUNSMORE, Mickey SKIN Producer(s) : Kire PAPUTTS (Made By Other People)
Wayne, a struggling method actor, inherits the city’s last porno cinema from his estranged father Al. Seeing this as an unconventional opportunity to reconcile with the father he barely knew, Wayne absorbs himself in the underworld of the adult cinema business.While running the cinema Wayne meets a cast of characters including Ralf, Al’s business partner, Julia, a close companion and part time lover of Al’s, and Athar, a recent child immigrant who lives in the upstairs apartments. Wayne lands his first lead role in a film and quickly realizes that his character is very similar to his dad. Wayne slowly takes on Al’s persona in order to prepare for the role, but begins to lose his own identity in the process. As Wayne lives and breathes everything Al, he finds himself in a much darker place than anything he ever could have imagined.
Country(ies) : CANADA
Toronto - TIFF 2019 Contemporary World Cinema