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Amy George

Item number (ISN):

438204

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2011

Item number (ISN):

438204

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

C&Y

Accession:

2012-0006

Media:

Video

Original title:

Amy George

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2011

Production company:

C&Y

Production credit:

director/producer/scenario/photography/editing, Yonah Lewis; Calvin Thomas; executive producer, Connor Jessup; Kathryn Penwill; Richard Lecours; Marvin Weintraub; Rita Weintraub; Virginia Shulist; sound, Jeffery Magat; sound editing, Stephen Barden; music, Lev Lewis; production manager, Anna Cook; production designer, Andrea Leigh Pelletier

Cast credit:

Gabriel Del Castillo Mullally, Claudia Dey, Don Kerr, Natasha Allan, Emily Henry, Candice Barkin, Yaari Magenheim, Brian Scott, Andrea Verginella, Ester Reyes

Description:

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Thirteen year old Jesse is assigned a school project. A photographic self-portrait intended to portray one's self without resorting to literal representation.Jesse lives with his parents, Sabi and Tim, in the lefty, middle class Toronto neighbourhood of Riverdale. A quiet and distant only-child with budding artistic aspirations, Jesse is inspired by the assignment to look for excitement and meaning in the world around him.Wielding a newly-acquired camera, Jesse sets out to capture his surroundings, but soon realizes the undramatic nature of his family, neighbourhood and existence.Meanwhile, Sabi and Tim find themselves questioning Jesse's developing character as they watch him abandon his childhood personality and mature into an uncommunicative adolescent.Frustrated by his lack of inspiration, Jesse discovers a book in the school library which advises him:“You can never be a real artist until you have made love to a woman.”Taking the text at face value and with the encouragement of a family friend, Jesse begins to look for incident, both foreign and adult, which leads him to an encounter with his young, female neighbour, Amy. Peering into her window at night, he snaps a quick photograph of her.Days later, the two are inadvertently reunited, allowing Jesse an opportunity to explore his prepubescent fascination with the opposite sex. After a long evening of games, exploration and hypnosis, Jesse awakes with confusion and guilt, unsure whether or not he may have overstepped his boundaries.The question of rape consumes his thoughts and Jesse is left struggling to reconcile his uneasy mind. <95mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Purchased through the Canadian Feature Film Fund.~2. Festivals: Cucalorus Film Festival, Vanguard; International Rome Film Festival 2011; Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montreal, 2011; Calgary International Film Festival 2011; Toronto International Film Festival 2011; Brooklyn Film Festival 2011 (Spirit Award); Wisconsin Film Festival 2011.~3. Synopsis taken from the movie's press kit < http://www.amygeorgemovie.com/documents/AG_PressKit.pdf > (page consulted on 2012-01-05).

Genre:

DRAMA

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

570137

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

11382AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

95:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

570138

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

11383AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

95:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

570139

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

11384AV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

95:12

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: C&Y, 2011.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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