Octavio Is Dead!
| Octavio Is Dead! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sook-Yin Lee |
| Written by | Sook-Yin Lee |
| Produced by | Jennifer Weiss Simone Urdl Jamie Manning |
| Starring | Sarah Gadon Rosanna Arquette Raoul Trujillo |
| Cinematography | Daniel Grant |
| Music by | Alia O'Brien Adam Litovitz Sook-Yin Lee |
Production company | The Film Farm |
Release date |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Octavio Is Dead!is a 2018 Canadian supernatural drama film written and directed bySook-Yin Lee.It premiered on June 2, 2018 at theInside Out Film and Video Festival[1]before going into theatrical release on June 22.[2]
The film starsSarah Gadonas Tyler, a young woman who unexpectedly inherits all of her estranged father Octavio's (Raoul Trujillo) possessions after his death. Over the objections of her domineering mother Joan (Rosanna Arquette), she goes to the apartment, only to discover that her father is still present there as a ghost who leads her through a complex exploration of her sexual and personal identity.[3]While wearing her father's clothes, she meets and becomes attracted to Apostolis (Dimitris Kitsos), a gay university student who perceives her as a man.[2]
Reception
[edit]Octavio Is Dead!currently has a score of 60% onRotten Tomatoesbased on five reviews.[4]
The film received fourCanadian Screen Awardnominations at the7th Canadian Screen Awardsin 2019, forBest Cinematography(Daniel Grant),Best Art Direction or Production Design(Elisa Sauve),Best Costume Design(Hanna Puley) andBest Original Song(Lee,Adam LitovitzandAlia O'Brienfor "Ghost of Love (Onakabazien Remix)".[5]
The film had its television premiere on July 20, 2019 onCBC Television.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"Inside Out announces 2018 lineup".Now,May 4, 2018.
- ^abChandler Levack,"Sook-Yin Lee and Canada’s new queer cinema".The Globe and Mail,May 25, 2018.
- ^"Octavio is Dead prepped for T.O. shoot".Playback,January 19, 2017.
- ^"Octavio Is Dead".Rotten Tomatoes.Fandango.Retrieved30 October2021.
- ^"2019 Canadian Screen Awards lean toward Quebec and the obscure, and thank goodness for that".The Globe and Mail,February 7, 2019.
- ^"CBC Films Celebrates Canadian Features This Summer".Channel Canada,July 13, 2019.
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