Country: Canada
Year: 2010
Duration: 75'
small town murder songs Ontario. The body of an unidentified girl is found on the edge of a lake near a Mennonite village. The investigation is conducted by the local police chief, Walter, a man with a difficult past in search of redemption in the eyes of the village’s religious community. But as the investigation continues, Walter relives his old hostility with his parents and his difficult relationship with his ex-fiancée Rita; this prevents him from protecting his new relationship with meek and discreet Sam. “The Small Town Murder Scene album both sparked an idea around building a film around a soundtrack and an interest in exploring the ripples caused by a murder in a small community. The film is ultimately about a man who’s struggling against his own nature and is trying to convince his community that he is a changed man. However, his critical failure stems from the fact that he thinks he can become a different man by changing the external circumstances of his life without acknowledging that a beast still dwells within.”
Biography
film director
Ed Gass-Donnelly
Ed Gass-Donnelly (Toronto, Canada, 1977) began his career as a theatrical director, after which he dedicated himself to film at the beginning of this century. After making a few shorts, in 2007 he debuted in feature films with This Beautiful City, which was presented at various international festivals, including the ones in Toronto and Karlovy Vary, and received numerous awards, including Best Film at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. The following movie, Small Town Murder Songs (2010), was selected in competition at Torino Film Festival, where won the FIPRESCI Award. Then he directed the American horror movie The Last Exorcism (2013), from a script by Damien Chazelle, and The Determinist (2014, codirector Kat Germain).
FILMOGRAFIA
Polished (cm, 2002), Dying Like Ophelia (cm, 2002), Pony (cm, 2002), Pink (cm, 2003), This Beautiful City (2007), 60 Seconds of Regret (cm, 2009), Small Town Murder Songs (2010), The Last Exorcism (The Last Exorcism - Liberaci dal male, 2013), The Determinist (coregia/codirector Kat Germain, cm, 2014), Lavender (2016).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Ed Gass-Donnelly
fotografia/cinematography
Brendan Steacy
scenografia/production design
Rachel Ford
costumi/costume design
Laura Montgomery
musica/music
Bruce Peninsula
suono/sound
J.R Fountain, Tyler Whitham
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Peter Stormare (Walter), Aaron Poole (Jim), Martha Plimpton (Sam), Jill Hennessy (Rita), Stephen Eric McIntyre (Steve), Ari Cohen (Washington), Jackie Burroughs (Olive)
produttori/producers
Ed Gass-Donnelly, Lee Kim
vendita all’estero/world sales
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