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Oh, Canada

2024 · 94 min

A somber, introspective character study that unfolds like a confession, demanding patience as it blurs memory and truth.

Overview: Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
guilt
identity
death
betrayal
Places: single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Written by: Paul Schrader
Starring: Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi, Michael Imperioli, Victoria Hill, Caroline Dhavernas, Penelope Mitchell, Kristine Froseth
Music: Matthew Houck
Cinematography: Andrew Wonder
Runtime: 94 min
Country: United States of America, Israel
Languages: English, French

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