Synopsis
Friday night in Toronto’s lower west end. Chatter from a dinner party in Harry and Carol’s nouveau riche condo drifts through an open balcony door, as two freebase cokeheads, Pretty and Johnny, have a party on their own in the alley below. As the dinner guests leave, the hostess is nowhere to be found. Until, a wet thud and a sharp scream rise up to the balcony. Pretty stares in horror at Carol’s body, splayed on the alley floor, as Harry screams for help from above. The sharp burst of police sirens sends the cokeheads running as Peter, a middle aged police officer, sprints from his cruiser to check Carol’s vitals. Rocket forward three months and these five disparate lives begin to cataclysmically intersect through weaving multi-narrative story arcs that release spurts and geysers of long-suppressed sexuality and aggression. Beautiful things can happen when you hit rock bottom.
This Beautiful City (2007) is a 1h 25min drama feature film by Ed Gass-Donnelly. Friday night in Toronto’s lower west end.
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Festival History
- CPH:PIX 2009 generic
- Genie Awards 2009 generic
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2008 generic
- Toronto International Film Festival 2007 generic
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Canada | September 11, 2007 |
| Theatrical | United States | April 4, 2008 |
Versions & editions
| Original version (English) |
Full credits
| Director | Ed Gass-Donnelly |
| Cast | Aaron Poole (Johnny), Kristin Booth (Pretty), Caroline Cave (Carol), Noam Jenkins (Harry), Kat Germain (Zoe), Tony Nappo (Crack), Jack Murray (Waiter), Christopher Cordell (Green Jacket Jock), Kevin Hanchard (Father), Stuart Hughes (Peter), Marvin Ishmael (Bill) |
| Screenplay | Ed Gass-Donnelly |
| Producer | Aaron Poole, Ed Gass-Donnelly, Lee Kim |
| Cinematography | Micha Dahan |
| Costumes | Rachel Ford |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
