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This Beautiful City

Sep 11, 2007 · 1h 25m
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Drama

PLOT

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.

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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
Directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Resolute Films and Entertainment, 3 Legged Dog Films, 20/40 Films
Country
CA, US
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