Amy George WEB

Amy George

Year 2011
Runtime 98 mins
Language English
Alberta Premiere

“You can never be a real artist until you have made love to a woman.” So says a book that frustrated 13-year-old Jesse uncovers at his local library while preparing for a class assignment – a photographic self-portrait that doesn’t resort to literal representation. For a more mature mind, that advice would be questionable at best, even ignoring the gender politics. But to a bored teenager in a middle-class Toronto neighbourhood, it’s a call to arms.

Frustrated with the safe existence that his liberal, intellectual parents have carved out for him, Jesse sets out to embrace the call of the “real artist.” A swirling mix of hormones, ambition, expectations and rebellion all come to a head when Jesse meets his young neighbour, Amy, who may be the key to his erotic awakening. Filmed on a minimal budget by first-time filmmakers Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas, AMY GEORGE joins Canadian cinema’s long, proud tradition of off-kilter coming of age films. Already an award-winner at the 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival, this audacious debut presents a view of adolescent confusion that you won’t soon forget.

PRECEDED BY SHORT FILM:

TROTTEUR (dir. Arnaud Brisebois and Francis Leclerc, 2010, Canada, 8 MIN)

A metaphor for adversity, an infernal race against a merciless adversary. A duel to settle between a young man and a locomotive.

Countries

Canada
Awards
Spirit Award: Brooklyn Film Festival 2011
Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival 2011
Director
Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas
Producer
Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas
Screenwriter
Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas
Cinematographer
Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas
Editor
Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas
Production Design
Andrea Leigh Pelletier
Cast
Gabriel del Castillo Mullally
Claudia Dey
Don Kerr