THE
CANADIAN FILMMAKERS' FESTIVAL....This is a film festival
that I think is long overdue, with its goal to promote Canadian
films and Canadian films only. The stats are scary on how
few Canadians actually watch homegrown productions and this
is step in the right direction in bringing awareness to
the public about Canadian films.
I
saw a few films and one that I really loved and I loved
everything about it was called “Luck”. It is
a drama starring Luke Kirby and Sarah Polley, and directed
by Peter Wellington. The intelligent, sensitive intense,
and very cute main character Shane(played by Luke Kirby)
is fixated on the idea of luck. When Margaret, the girl
he is in love with(played by Sarah Polley) gets back together
with her ex, cause she has no idea that Shane has feelings
for her, Shane is heartbroken. He turns to this idea of
luck and heads out with his friends to do some gambling
to see if he is as unlucky as he thinks he is. Shane tried
to turn his life around by challenging the notion of luck
and that he can change his fate. The ensuing events are
tense and exciting as Shane gets in deeper and deeper and
you can not begin to think how this nice ordinary guy is
going to get himself out of all that happens next.
To add to the tension the film is set against the exciting
backdrop of one of the most famous times in Canadian history
in sports, the Canada-Russia hockey series in 1972.
The cast is amazing, I have to mention that I also loved
Jed Rees who played one of Shane’s good friends, I
had never seen him before and I think he was brilliant in
this film. All in all it was a great night at the movies
and we all need to support Canadian cinema!!
