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Chiral
Canada 2015
produced by
Nelson Leis, Vanessa Walsh, Karen Lam, Karen Wong for First Glance Productions, Opiate Pictures
directed by Karen Lam
starring Nelson Leis, Vanessa Walsh, Ingrid Nilson, Elfina Luk, Agnes Tong, Jessye Ashworth, Nina Dosdall
story by Nelson Leis, Vanessa Walsh, Karen Lam, screenplay by Karen Lam, music by Patric Caird
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review by
Mike Haberfelner
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It should have been 100% Hank's (Nelson Leis) day: After years of work,
he opens his first art gallery, finally he's the center of attention, and
his career is thus taking the next step. He can't shake his social
anxieties though, it's hell for him to build up enough self confidence and
just go out there. Fortunately, his sister Astrid Ingrid Nilson) is there
for moral support, she grabs his tablet he clings to to not have to save
the real world and pushes him in front of potential buyers, and by the by
he warms up to the idea of social interaction with strangers ... until he
sees somebody stealing his tablet, and instead of just writing it off as
loss and see to it that his opening becomes a big success, he chases the
thief (Vanessa Walsh) through the streets - and when he finally corners
her in a dead end, he'll stop at nothing to get his tablet back ... but
things do not always turn out the way they're supposed to, not at all ... Chiral
(meaning "an object that's not identical to its mirror
image") is a bit of a mindfuck of a movie as it does not follow a
traditional genre formula but twists and turns and throws out false leads
for the audience to keep one weirded out at the very end - and that's a
very good thing, because as a result, Chiral is nothing if not
creepy thanks to its efforts to throw the audience off course (on both a
narrative and directorial level), and a film that keeps one guessing (in
the best possible way) long after it's over. Totally worth
your time. Screener courtesy of the Blood in
the Snow Canadian Film Festival, November 27th - 29th 2015, Carlton
Cinemas, Toronto, ON -
http://www.bloodinthesnow.ca/
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