Year of the Carnivore

Canada, 2009

Sammy Smalls is an impish 21 year old tomboy. She works as a store detective at Big Apple Food Town. Her job is to deliver shoplifters to her boss who beats them up so they never re-offend. Sammy feels guilty over her part in the dodgy scheme and wants to quit, but she doesn't have many other options. She certainly isn’t moving back home to live with her unhappy and over-protective parents. Meanwhile, Sammy has a crush on scruffy street musician Eugene Zaslavsky. He’s perfect for her, funny, irreverent, charming and as much of an oddball as she is, but the problem is, he doesn't want to be in a relationship. After a disastrous encounter that goes beyond the boundaries of their friendship, Eugene suggests they play the field to get more experience. Following his advice, Sammy hatches a plan catapulting her on a quest that includes blackmailing shoplifters into giving her sex lessons in the woods behind the supermarket.

Fiction  | Video  |  86   Minutes  |  Color  |  English, Hebrew subtitles

Director: Sook-Yin Lee
Screenplay: Sook-Yin Lee
Cast: Cristin Milioti, Mark Rendall, Ali Liebert, Emily Holmes, Patrick Gilmore, Sheila McCarthy, Kevin McDonald, Will Sasso
Cinematography: Bruce Chun
Editing: James Blokland
Production: Trish Dolman, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss, Kryssta Mills
Festivals: Toronto, Seoul IWFF, Odessa
Source: eOne Films International

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