We're Still Together

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We're Still Together
Directed byJesse Klein
Written byJesse Klein
Produced byEvren Boisjoli
Marley Sniatowsky
Starring Jesse Camacho
Joey Klein
Cinematography Pawel Pogorzelski
Edited byJames Codoyannis
Jesse Klein
Music by Alex Zhang Hungtai
Production
companies
Achromatic Media
Les Cousins Dangereux
Release date
Running time
82 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

We're Still Together is a 2016 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Jesse Klein. [1] The film stars Jesse Camacho as Chris, a shy young man who gets taken under the wing of the more outgoing Bobby (Joey Klein) when they meet outside a Montreal Metro station after Chris has been attacked by a bully. [2]

Director Jesse Klein is the brother of Joey Klein, and wrote the film specifically for his brother on the grounds that he felt Joey had not yet had the chance to play a role that showed off his full acting range. [3]

The film premiered at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 2016, [1] and had its commercial premiere in 2017. [3]

Camacho won the award for Best Actor from the Montreal chapter of the ACTRA Awards, [2] Klein won the award for Best Actor from the ACTRA Awards chapter in Toronto, [4] and both actors received Prix Iris nominations for Best Actor at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "We’re Still Together – Film de Jesse Noah Klein". Films du Québec, September 19, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Alex Rose, "The Montreal-made We’re Still Together is a cinematic outlier". Cult MTL , September 25, 2017.
  3. 1 2 T'Cha Dunlevy, "We're Still Together A No-Budget Gem; Montrealer's first professional feature wins positive reviews at film festival". Montreal Gazette , September 29, 2017.
  4. "Kim's Convenience wins two ACTRAs". Calgary Herald , February 28, 2017.
  5. "Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes et Le problème d'infiltration: 10 nominations chacun". Canadian Press, April 10, 2018.