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QUéBEC, Canada | 94 minutes | 2019

A Prairie no-man’s-land or an incubator of unbridled creativity? Winnipeg remains an enigma — and the second feature from Ryan McKenna (Le Cœur de Madame Sabali) adds its own two cents to the conversation. His solitary protagonists, alternately in search of love or meaning, are linked by the surprising letters they sent to Peter Warren, the longstanding controversial host of the infamous Action Line radio show. Shot in beautiful black-and-white, its sets brimming with inventiveness, Cranks allies its quirkiness with bittersweet humour.
Q&A with the cast and crew on October 15th and 16th

Vancouver Film Festival

Programs

Tuesday October 15, 2019

Program #143
20:50
Cinéma du Parc 1

Wednesday October 16, 2019

Program #165
20:45
Cinéma du Parc 3

Ryan McKenna

No biography

distribution and credits

  • Costume Blackwood Becca
  • Editing Ryan McKenna
  • Sound mixing Fitzmaurice Tyler
  • Sound designer Joel Mirau
  • Cinematographer Ryan Simmons
  • Screenplay McKenna Ryan
  • Producer Becca Blackwood, McKenna Ryan
  • Cast Terra Hazelton, Louis Negin, Bahia Watson

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