Never Eat Alone is a 2016 Canadian drama film written and directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz. The film follows a lonely grandmother as she tries to reconnect with an ex-boyfriend from her youth.
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| Directed by | Sofia Bohdanowicz |
| Written by | Sofia Bohdanowicz |
| Produced by | Calvin Thomas |
| Starring | Joan Benac Deragh Campbell George Radovics |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The film premiered in the Future//Present section of the Vancouver International Film Festival on October 2, 2016, where Bohdanowicz won the Emerging Canadian Director award.[1] It also screened at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema as part of a 2017 retrospective of Bohdanowicz's work.[2]
Cast
edit- Joan Benac as herself
- Deragh Campbell as Audrey Benac
- George Radovics as Don Radovich
Production
editNever Eat Alone is an unorthodox documentary-fiction hybrid. Joan Benac, the grandmother character, is played by Joan Benac, Bohdanowicz's grandmother. Don Radovich, the ex-boyfriend character, is played by George Radovics, the film's producer and Bohdanowicz's partner Calvin Thomas' grandfather.[3]
Deragh Campbell plays Audrey Benac, a character she has inhabited twice since for Bohdanowicz in the films Veslemøy's Song (2018) and MS Slavic 7 (2019).[4] She received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle award nomination for Best Actress in a Canadian Film for her performance.[5]
References
edit- ^ Cook, Adam (September 22, 2017). "Future//Present Returns to VIFF". VIFF. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ Mango, Agustin (March 30, 2017). "Buenos Aires Film Festival Unveils Full Slate". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved Dec 16, 2017.
- ^ Garcia, Lawrence (October 2, 2016). "Natural Histories: Sofia Bohdanowicz Discusses Her Debut Feature". MUBI. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ Mantagni, Ian (February 20, 2019). "Berlinale first look: MS Slavic 7 draws strength from the written word". Sight and Sound. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^ "2017 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 16, 2016.