The Lesser Blessed

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The Lesser Blessed
File:The Lesser Blessed.jpg
Directed by Anita Doron
Produced by Christina Piovesan
Written by Anita Doron (screenplay)
Richard Van Camp (novel)
Starring
Music by Paul Intson
Cinematography Brendan Steacy
Edited by Geoff Ashenhurst
Distributed by Monterey Media (USA)
E1 Films (Canada)
Release dates
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  • 2012 (2012)
Running time
 86 minutes[1]
Country Canada
Language English
Budget C$2.2 million

The Lesser Blessed is a Canadian drama film, released in 2012.[2]

Written and directed by Anita Doron based on the novel of the same name by Richard Van Camp, the film stars Joel Evans as Larry Sole, a young Tłı̨chǫ teenager living in the Northwest Territories. The film's cast also includes Chloe Rose, Kiowa Gordon, Benjamin Bratt, Dylan Cook and Tamara Podemski.[2] Despite being set in the Northwest Territories, the film was shot in Sudbury, Ontario.[2]

The film received a gala screening at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in 2012.[2] Doron garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards.[3] It also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012.[4]

Plot

A teenager living in a small, remote community in Canada deals with life as a high school student. Larry's (Joel Nathan Evans) life is full of too many parties, too much drinking, and not enough responsibility or independence.[5] The film explores several typical teen issues, such as alienation and the search for one's own identity, but in this case from the perspective of a Dogrib Indian who struggles between his Native ancestry and finding his place in to the modern world.[6]

Cast

  • Benjamin Bratt as Jed
  • Krista Bridges as Auntie
  • Joel Evans as Larry Sole
  • Kiowa Gordon as Johnny Beck
  • Adam Butcher as Darcy McManus
  • Chloe Rose as Juliet Hope
  • Tamara Podemski as Verna Sole
  • Spencer Van Wyck as Kevin Garner
  • Dylan Cook as Mustache Sammy
  • Jacob Neayem as Clarence Jerome

Release

In February 2013, Monterey Media brought the United States distribution rights from Entertainment One.[7] The film will be released in Toronto on May 31, 2013 and in Montreal, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Ottawa on June 7, 2013.[8] The film was released in the United States on home entertainment (DVD and Video on Demand) on June 25, 2013.[9] Kiowa Gordon won best supporting actor at American Indian Film Festival for his role in the film.[10]

Festivals

The Lesser Blessed has screened at the following festivals:

References

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External links

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