Country: Canada, France
Year: 1998
Duration: 95'


December 31st, 1999, Toronto: various people prepare for the end of the world, which is supposed to occur at midnight. Some stay with their families, the protagonist decides to remain on his terrace alone, the director of the gas company thanks his clients, many celebrate in the city squares. The Canadian segment of the Arte project 2000, Seen By..., with Don McKellar, Sandra Oh and David Cronenberg, a story which counts down the hours, alternating tension and humanity.

Biography

film director

Don McKellar

Don McKellar (North York, Canada, 1963) is an actor, a screenwriter and a director. He made his directorial debut with the shorts The Bloody Nose and Blue, awarded for best Canadian short film in Toronto in 1992. His first feature film, Last Night (in which David Cronenberg plays a part), received several prizes in 1998, including the Prix de la jeunesse in Cannes, the award for best Canadian first feature film at the Toronto Film Festival, and was in competition at the 16th Torino Film Festival. He was again in Turin in 1998 with the short Elimination Dance, directed with Bruce McDonald and Michael Ondaatje, and in 2004 he directed the comedy Childstar. In the latest years he mainly worked as an actor.

FILMOGRAFIA

The Bloody Nose (cm, 1992), Blue (cm, 1992), Last Night (id., 1998), Elimination Dance (coregia/codirectors Bruce McDonald, Michael Ondaatje, cm, 1998), A Word from the Management (cm, 2000), Childstar (2004), Phone Call from Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul (cm, 2005), Phone Call from Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara (cm, 2005), Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays (ep: Small Talk, Unscripted Conversation, Vomiting, Sleeping with People, Endings, cm, 2011), The Grand Seduction (2013). 

Cast

& Credits

regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Don McKellar
fotografia/cinematography
Douglas Koch
montaggio/film editing
Reginald Harkema
scenografia/production design
John Dondertman
costumi/costume design
Lea Carlson
musica/music
Alexina Louie, Alex Pauk
suono/sound
John L. Thompson, Steve Munro, Paul Shape
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Don McKellar (Patrick Wheeler), Sandra Oh (Sandra), Callum Keith Rennie (Craig Zwiller), Sarah Polley (Jennifer Wheeler), David Cronenberg (Duncan)
produttori/producers
Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron
produzione/production
Rhombus Media
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