Cinemanovelsis a 2013 Canadiancomedy filmwritten and directed byTerry Miles.It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[2][3]The film holds the record for Canada's second lowest opening weekend box office gross of 2013, earning just $298, opening to just a dozen theatres.[4]
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| Directed by | Terry Miles |
| Written by | Terry Miles |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Terry Miles |
| Distributed by | Monterey Media[1] |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Plot
editGrace (Lauren Lee Smith) is living the spoiled inheritance lifestyle of her famous lateQuebecois film directorfather in the swankyGastown districtofVancouveralbeit extremely bored and dissatisfied with her life. By chance, she is approached by film student Adam (Kett Turton) of her loft building who is extremely influenced by her father's cinematic works. She permits him access to remaster and release her father's cinematic archives for professor lectures, and begins a relationship with him, granting him sexual favors in gratitude for reviving her career, even though she already has her husband, Ben (Ben Cotton). Her friend Clementine (Jennifer Beals), has a secret criminally inclined double life and this eventually intertwines with Grace's double life as well.
Cast
edit- Lauren Lee Smithas Grace
- Jennifer Bealsas Clementine
- Ben Cottonas Ben
- Kett Turtonas Adam
- Katharine Isabelleas Charlotte
- Sarah Greyas Julia
Production
editCinemanovelswas directed and written by Terry Miles, and produced by Kristine Cofsky, Terry Miles, Lauren Lee Smith.[1]Principal photography primarily takes place in theGastownneighbourhood inVancouver,British Columbia.[5]
Reception
editThe film has a user rating of 5.3 due to mixed critic reviews onIMDb.[6]Metacritic,which uses aweighted average,assigned the film a score of 59 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[7]
References
edit- ^ab"Monterey Media Acquires TIFF Dramas 'Half Of A Yellow Sun' & 'Cinemanovels'".Deadline Hollywood.14 January 2014.Archivedfrom the original on 16 January 2014.Retrieved30 January2014.
- ^"Cinemanovels".TIFF.Archived fromthe originalon 25 August 2013.Retrieved18 August2013.
- ^"Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition".Indiewire.13 August 2013.Retrieved18 August2013.
- ^Basu, Sayak (28 October 2022)."What Are the Lowest Grossing Movies Ever?".TheCinemaholic.Retrieved17 September2019.
- ^"When Movies Bring On- and Off-Screen Families Together".Archivedfrom the original on 4 October 2013.Retrieved30 January2014.
- ^"User ratings".IMDb reviews.Retrieved27 October2022.
- ^"Cinemanovels".Metacritic.Fandom, Inc.Retrieved21 December2022.
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