8.2 /10 1 Votes
90% Rotten Tomatoes Written by Daniel MacIvor Initial release 9 September 2016 Screenplay Daniel MacIvor | 7.4/10 IMDb Directed by Bruce McDonald Country Canada Director Bruce McDonald Art director Mike Ryan Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Marc Almon
Mike MacMillan Starring Dylan Authors
Julia Sarah Stone
Molly Parker
Allan Hawco
Cathy Jones
Rhys Bevan-John Release date September 9, 2016 (2016-09-09) (Toronto) Nominations Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design Cast Julia Sarah Stone, Molly Parker, Dylan Authors, Allan Hawco, Rhys Bevan‑John Similar Hello Destroyer, Window Horses, Hard Core Logo, Belief: The Possession of Janet, The River of My Dreams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weirdos trailer
Weirdos is a Canadian drama film, which debuted at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was directed by Bruce McDonald and written by Daniel MacIvor.
Contents
Set in Nova Scotia in 1976, the film stars Dylan Authors as Kit, a teenager living in a small town who decides to run away to live with his mother.
Plot
Kit lives in a small town with his single father (Allan Hawco) and grandmother (Cathy Jones), and is dating Alice (Julia Sarah Stone) despite being unsure of his own sexuality. Deciding that he wants to go live with his mother (Molly Parker) in Sydney, Kit enlists Alice's help to embark on a hitchhiking trip.
Throughout the trip, Kit also has regular imaginary conversations with Andy Warhol (Rhys Bevan-John), who has appointed himself Kit's "spirit animal".
Awards
The film garnered six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017:
