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IMDb editor Arnaud Kazarian offers quick snapshots of 12 films he screened at The The New York Film Festival will host the film 'Foregone' by Russell Banks
Plot
Leonard Fyfe, one of the sixty thousand draft dodgers and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid service in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to demythologize his mythologized life.
OH CANADA is a highly original film by one of the masters of cinema, a true work of art
This is the second time Paul Schrader has directed one of Banks' novels for the screen, after his adaptation of Affliction (1997) I saw this at Cannes, at the film’s premiere.
The film is beautifully made with strong visuals
It features beautiful cinematography and great production design.
The acting is strong, especially Richard Gere who plays the title character
He gives a great and memorable performance in the spirit of Jack Nicholson in FIVE EASY WINS – a complex, not always likable, but fascinating character, the greatest achievements and a gift to cinema lovers.