The Descendant (film)

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The Descendant
Directed byPhilippe Spurrell
Written byPhilippe Spurrell
Joel Asa Miller
Produced byPhilippe Spurrell
David Rigby
StarringTadhg MacMahon
Jim Reid
Ilona Garcen
CinematographyLorenzo Negri
Ivan Gekoff
Edited byEric Lavoie
Music byDavid Kristian
Production
companies
BOS Productions
Circus Maximus Films
Eklectika Moving Pictures
Distributed byAtlas Grove Entertainment
Release date
  • May 7, 2007 (2007-05-07)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Descendant is a Canadian drama film, directed by Philippe Spurrell and released in 2007. [1] The film stars Tadhg MacMahon as James, a man whose mother has recently died; discovering an old shoebox filled with birthday cards from his grandparents that he never received, he decides to go visit his grandparents, Maurice (Jim Reid) and Linda (Ilona Garcen) in the hopes of understanding why his mother broke off contact with them, only to unwittingly uncover supernatural hints of their community's history of slavery. [2]

The film premiered on the festival circuit in 2007, before opening theatrically in Quebec in 2008. [1]

C.J. Goldman received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Charles-Henri Ramond, "Descendant, The – Film de Philippe Spurrell". Films du Québec, January 7, 2009.
  2. Donato Totaro and Mark Penny, "The Descendant: Ghost Slaves of the Past". Off-Screen, Volume 15, Issue 6 (July 2011).
  3. "11e Soirée des Jutra : les finalistes". La Presse , February 17, 2009.