Canadian master Bruce McDonald (Hard Core Logo, Highway 61) reunites with veteran playwright and screenwriter Daniel MacIvor for this offbeat coming-of-age comedy-drama.
It’s the summer of 1976 and 15 year-old Kit (Dylan Authors, The Husband), bored and restless, is dreaming of a more glamorous life in the big city, away from the small town where he lives with his Dad (Allan Hawco, Republic of Doyle) and grandmother (Cathy Jones, This Hour Has 22 Minutes). Enlisting the help of his girlfriend Alice (Julia Sara Stone, Wet Bum), they hitchhike towards a new home with his glamorous, artistic mother Laura (Molly Parker, Deadwood). As Kit and Alice reach their final destination their relationship is tested as Kit approaches a realization that will change his life forever.
Accompanied by a suitably killer ’70s soundtrack, and shot in softly sunlit black and white, McDonald’s film is grounded in its quiet and life-affirming moments; the film’s offbeat sense of humour arises organically from the differences in the ways its characters express their love. These sweet weirdos are temporarily lost, but they’re about to help each other find out where they’re headed.
