This Beautiful City
Friday night in Toronto’s lower west end. Chatter from a dinner party in Harry and Carol’s nouveau riche condo drifts through an open balcony door, as two freebase cokeheads, Pretty and Johnny, have a party on their own in the alley below. As the dinner guests leave, the hostess is nowhere to be found. Until, a wet thud and a sharp scream rise up to the balcony. Pretty stares in horror at Carol’s body, splayed on the alley floor, as Harry screams for help from above. The sharp burst of police sirens sends the cokeheads running as Peter, a middle aged police officer, sprints from his cruiser to check Carol’s vitals. Rocket forward three months and these five disparate lives begin to cataclysmically intersect through weaving multi-narrative story arcs that release spurts and geysers of long-suppressed sexuality and aggression. Beautiful things can happen when you hit rock bottom.
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Cast
27 people
Aaron Poole
Johnny
Known for
The Void
Reacher
Kristin Booth
Pretty
Known for
The Kennedys
Orphan Black
Sara Kay
Ed Gass-Donnelly
Caroline Cave
Carol
Known for
Siren
Van Helsing
Lee Kim
Natasha Nikolic
Noam Jenkins
Harry
Known for
Rabbit Hole
Saw II
David Krae
Jeffrey P. Nesker
Kat Germain
Zoe
Also in
Small Town Murder Songs
Jenny Lewis
Ed Gass-Donnelly Director · Micha Dahan Cinematographer Rachel Ford Costume designer
United States release April 4, 2008 · Produced in Canada · Production 3 Legged Dog Films, 20/40 Films
Production
Resolute Films and Entertainment
Production
3 Legged Dog Films
Production
20/40 Films
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 11, 2007
Theatrical
United States · April 4, 2008
Theatrical
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