Synopsis
From the producers of Brooklyn, Once and Chicago, a dramedy about life and love featuring songs by Leonard Cohen.
Samuel O’Shea, a university professor of poetry, exuberant womanizer and enthusiastic drinker has seen better days. His second marriage is ending, and his wife and children are at their wits’ end with him. More disturbingly, he has begun seeing things: Frankenstein
sidles up to the bar and strangers sing and dance to Leonard Cohen tunes. His much missed father, who died when Samuel was just a boy, 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 has a brain tumour. 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 local woman, who is full of unexpected ideas. All this leads Samuel to an utterly unforeseeable happy ending.
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Press
Festivals
& Awards
Cinequest US - Jury Prize for Best Narrative Dramatic Film
Calgary International Film Festival
Edmonton International Film Festival
Whistler Film Festival
Sonoma International Film Festival
Best Actor - Irish Film & Television Awards
Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest
Best Actor - Buenos Aires IFF
Kerry Film Festival - Ireland
Newport Beach Festival (Best Actor Award, Gabriel Byrne)
Cast & Crew
Gabriel Byrne | |
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Jessica Paré | |
Brian Gleeson | |
Suzanne Clement | |
Karelle Tremblay | |
Antoine-Olivier Pilon |
Director | Matthew Bissonnette |
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Producers | Corey Marr Don Carmody Marie-Claude Poulin Martina Niland |
Executive Producers | Alexander Kushaev Hengameh Panahi Charlotte Mickie Hussain Amarshi |
Director of Photography | Jonathon Cliff, C.S.C. |
Editor | Matt Lyon |
Art Director | Sylvain Gingras |
Special Effects Supervisor | Jon Campfens |
Costume Design | Odette Gadoury |
Music | Stephen Rennicks |
Casting | Andrea Kenyon |
Produced with the participation of | TELEFILM CANADA FÍS ÉIREANN/SCREEN IRELAND SOCIÉTÉ DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES – QUEBEC CANADA MEDIA FUND ONTARIO CREARTES WESTERN REGIONAL AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCER’S FUND / WRAP FUND THE HAROLD GREENBERG FUND |
Produced in association with | MONTE ROSSO PRODUCTION CBC FILMS BELL MEDIA’S CRAVE |