Completed - ENGLISH - Biography, Comedy, LGBT - 90 minutes
Toronto, 1899. In his quest to become the Prime Minister of Canada, young Mackenzie King hesitates in love, disappoints the nation and fornicates with ladies footwear.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Matthew RANKIN
Toronto, 1899.Aspiring young politician Mackenzie King dreams ofbecoming the Prime Minister of Canada. In his quest for power, he must face his imperious Mother, a war-mongering Governor-General and the utopian idealism of a Québécois mystic.Meanwhile, King hesitates in love between a British soldier and a French-Canadian nurse and furtively indulges a fetishistic obsession for women’s footwear…When his vainglorious run for leadership culminates inan epic battle between good and evil, King will learn that disappointment may be the only way to survive the20th century.
Country(ies) : CANADA
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Toronto - TIFF 2019 - Midnight Madness ( BEST CANADIAN FIRST FEATURE FILM)Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2020 - Forum (FIPRESCI Prize)