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Drowning
Canada 2019
produced by Adam Gowland, Valerie Laurie, Pasquale Marco Veltri, David Miller (executive)
directed by Pasquale Marco Veltri
starring Laura Tremblay, Tracy Rowland, Alys Crocker, Pardeep Bassi, Mark Nuttall, Taylor Magee, Mark Nocent, Karen Simpson, April Lee, Thom Zimerle, Corey Wadden, Patrick McManus, Jessica Allen, Ramona Katigbak, Rachel Delduca, Andrea Jenna, Annie Stone, Alana-Ashley Marques, Yasmin Neale, Meisha Watson, Elizabeth Stuart-Morris, Sylverine Saul-Nurse, Len Greenaway, Brian McDonald, Ampora McLean, Bob Hillhouse, Catharine Sullivan, Michael McLeister, Ramona Oltean
written by Pasquale Marco Veltri, music by Ryan Latham
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Anna's (Laura Tremblay) is a prostitute who has made it out - much to
the dismay of her pimp Marcus (Mark Nuttall) who's trying to track her
down. But even without him, her past life seems to follow her everywhere,
as it was just a culmination of years of abuse that got all bottled up
with her and that make it hard to transition into a "normal"
life - so when at her first office job she attacks and injures her boss
with a stapler, she's promptly arrested and only gets parole because her
mum Carol (Tracy Rowland) vouches for her. She has to undergo mandatory
group therapy though, which drives her nuts. In fact, "normal"
life drives her so mad that she tries to commit suicide. The only stress
relief she knows is firing her gun at the gun range, and pretending she's
shooting her abusers. Things come to a head when Marcus has caught up with
Anna and pretty much forces her to come back to him ...
Drowning for sure is quite an unusual film as it
totally defies any genre conventions, be it thriller, high drama or
exploitation, instead approaches its material - and its protagonist, who's
in almost every shot - in a cold, almost clinical way - which
interestingly enough helps getting us into the mindset of Anna, who does
her best to shrug off her reality, to pretend, so see herself from the
outside. And Laura Tremblay's emotionless performance in the lead only
mirrors that, as does the often very bleached out colour scheme the film
uses. And the result is quite fascinating, a slowburn film that manages to
be oddly compelling and surprise its audience, and that's sure to leave
nobody unfazed.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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