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This Beautiful City is a 2007 Canadian drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Ed Gass-Donnelly. It premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival and had a general theatrical release in 2008.

This Beautiful City
Film poster
Directed by	Ed Gass-Donnelly
Written by	Ed Gass-Donnelly
Produced by	Ed Gass-Donnelly Lee Kim Aaron Poole David Krae Julie Sype
Starring	Aaron Poole Kristin Booth Caroline Cave Noam Jenkins Stuart Hughes
Cinematography	Micha Dahan
Edited by	Ed Gass-Donnelly
Distributed by	20/40 Films
Release date	September 11, 2007 (2007-09-11)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The film depicts the lives of five disparate characters in Downtown Toronto. Johnny (Aaron Poole) is a recovering crack cocaine addict trying to convince his prostitute girlfriend Pretty (Kristin Booth) to move with him to a new city so they can make a clean break from their old lives, while Harry (Noam Jenkins) and Carol (Caroline Cave) are a wealthy couple. Events are set in motion when Carol falls from the balcony of her condo in an apparent suicide attempt, landing just metres away from Johnny and Pretty in the alleyway below. She survives, but Peter (Stuart Hughes), a police detective, finds her and the group's lives begin to intertwine.

Cast

• Aaron Poole as Johnny
• Kristin Booth as Pretty
• Caroline Cave as Carol
• Noam Jenkins as Harry
• Stuart Hughes as Peter
• Kat Germain as Zoe
• Tony Nappo as Crack
• Jefferson Mappin as Phil
• Philip Akin as Police Chief
• Christopher Cordell as Green Jacket Jock
• Brian Frank as Steve

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack includes songs by Bry Webb, Sunparlour Players, Buck 65, Jewish Legend and Sebastien Grainger, Andre Ethier, Shad, The Ghost Is Dancing, Emilie Mover and Dave MacKinnon.[1]

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 14%, based on seven reviews.[2] Ray Bennett of The Hollywood Reporter said, "The film is contrived but powerful. A mood of underlying dread gives each scene extra tension and its gritty portrait of how urban life at all levels can ground people down is striking."[3]

Awards and nominations

The film was nominated for four Genies at the 29th Genie Awards, including Best Actor (Poole), Best Original Song (Bry Webb, "Big Smoke"), Best Sound and Best Sound Editing.

References

External links

• This Beautiful City
• This Beautiful City at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] This Beautiful City

This Beautiful City ist ein kanadisches Filmdrama vom ebenfalls kanadischen Produzent, Drehbuchautor und Regisseur Ed Gass-Donnelly. Der Film wurde 2008 veröffentlicht, zuvor fand die Premiere des Films 2007 beim Toronto International Film Festival statt. Der Film behandelt das Leben von fünf frei erfundenen Charakteren in Downtown, in Toronto.

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