Film detail | The Lesser Blessed

International Competition of Films for Youth

Country: Canada
Language: English
Subtitles: České
Directed by: Anita Doron
Year: 2012
Length: 86`
Rating: 16
Story: Richard Van Camp
Screenplay: Anita Doron
Director of Photography: Brendan Steacy, CSC
Music: Paul Inston
Edited by: Geoff Ashenurst, David Ostry
Production: First Generation Films

Synopsis: Larry is a Tlicho Indian growing up in the small northern town of Fort Simmer. At sixteen, he loves heavy metal music, the North and Juliet Hope, the high school "hottie". When Johnny Beck, a Métis from Hay River, moves to town, Larry is ready for almost anything. Skinny as spaghetti, nervy and self-deprecating, Larry is an appealing mixture of bravado and vulnerability. His past holds many terrors: an abusive father, and an accident that almost killed him. But through his friendship with Johnny, and his lust for Juliet, he's ready now to face his memories - and his future.

Anita Doron: Anita Doron (1974) is a Canadian screenwriter and director of Ukrainian origin. She was one of the youngest published poetesses in the former USSR. After leaving for Canada she began work shooting films. She's directed the short film Not a Fish Story (2002 ) and Elliot Smelliot (2004), and made her successful feature-length debut with the drama The End of Silence (2006). From her other works we'll mention, e.g., Europe, East (2010), Mystico Fantástico (2011).

Where and when The Lesser Blessed is screened

Where	When	Reservation
Golden Apple Cinema, č. 1	May 28th at 17:00	N/A
Golden Apple Cinema, č. 6	May 31st at 17:50	N/A

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