Yes, I actually want to watch a Canadian movie twice.
September 5, 2007 9:05 PM Subscribe
Help me remember this independent Canadian film!
I watched this narrative film some time in 2005, I have no idea how old it was at that time but I imagine it was made some time after the late nineties. I imagine it received fairly decent distribution as I rented it in a Blockbuster in Florida (it was probably the only Canadian film there that wasn't by a "name" director). Plot description maybe-spoilers below.
The film is about a young woman who has graduated from college within the past couple of years. She takes a job temping, working as some sort of secretary. A sort of nerdy guy there (played by the director) asks her out on a date but it doesn't really work out. She has what seems to be the beginning of an alcohol problem although its more implied than shown. There are a lot of sort of everyday scenes, meeting friends on the street and realistic sounding idle conversations.
She applies for a job at a university through one of her friends and then somehow messes it up (?) and is generally bumbling around messing up her life. It's a strange sort of film about the years immediately after college. It has a still quality due to the lack of non-diagetic sound/music, and due to the frequency of awkward exchanges. The film was very low-budget, possibly a student film or a first film. There was a little featurette about the director on the DVD. I believe the film was shot in Toronto but it could have been elsewhere in Canada.
Any idea what it is? It's driving me crazy. I vaguely remember a theme of EMT/paramedics either in the title or on the box/DVD menu design.
I watched this narrative film some time in 2005, I have no idea how old it was at that time but I imagine it was made some time after the late nineties. I imagine it received fairly decent distribution as I rented it in a Blockbuster in Florida (it was probably the only Canadian film there that wasn't by a "name" director). Plot description maybe-spoilers below.
The film is about a young woman who has graduated from college within the past couple of years. She takes a job temping, working as some sort of secretary. A sort of nerdy guy there (played by the director) asks her out on a date but it doesn't really work out. She has what seems to be the beginning of an alcohol problem although its more implied than shown. There are a lot of sort of everyday scenes, meeting friends on the street and realistic sounding idle conversations.
She applies for a job at a university through one of her friends and then somehow messes it up (?) and is generally bumbling around messing up her life. It's a strange sort of film about the years immediately after college. It has a still quality due to the lack of non-diagetic sound/music, and due to the frequency of awkward exchanges. The film was very low-budget, possibly a student film or a first film. There was a little featurette about the director on the DVD. I believe the film was shot in Toronto but it could have been elsewhere in Canada.
Any idea what it is? It's driving me crazy. I vaguely remember a theme of EMT/paramedics either in the title or on the box/DVD menu design.
Response by poster: I think you're half-right...I think I combined this movie in my head with another movie that is actually Canadian. Thanks miles1972!
If anyone can think of a similar film that is Canadian and has something to do with EMT/Paramedics in the title, feel free to jump in. My brain likes to mash things together sometimes.
posted by SassHat at 2:36 PM on September 6, 2007
If anyone can think of a similar film that is Canadian and has something to do with EMT/Paramedics in the title, feel free to jump in. My brain likes to mash things together sometimes.
posted by SassHat at 2:36 PM on September 6, 2007
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posted by miles1972 at 11:13 PM on September 5, 2007