The Twentieth Century

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Directed by Matthew Rankin
Produced by Menaic Raoul and Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
Written by Matthew Rankin

With: Dan Beirne, Sarianne Cormier, Catherine St-Laurent, Mikhaïl Ahooja, Brent Skagford, Seán Cullen, Louis Negin, Kee Chan, Trevor Anderson, Emmanuel Schwartz, Richard Jutras, Satine Scarlett Montaz, Charlotte Legault, Marc Ducusin, and Jadyn Malone

Cinematography: Vincent Biron
Editing: Matthew Rankin
Music: Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux and Peter Venne

Runtime: 90 min
Release Date: 20 November 2020
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Color: Color

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In this surreal telling of the rise of Canada’s 10th Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Matthew Rankin creates a kind of bio-fantasia equal parts Guy Maddin, Michel Gondry, Douglas Sirk, F. W. Murnau, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Leni Riefenstahl. Caustically comical, visually vibrant, but too fetishistic about surfaces to bother with any real theme or point.

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