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Eighteen

5.6

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Original title

Eighteen

Year

2005

Running time

96 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Richard Bell

Screenwriter

Richard Bell

Cast

Music

Bramwell Tovey

Cinematography

Kevin Van Niekerk

Producer

Domino Film & Television International

Genre

Drama | II World War

Synopsis

Pip is a street kid who's meeting life head-on in the big city. On his eighteenth birthday receives a tape cassette of his grandfather (voiced by Ian McKellen) retelling his experiences as an Allied soldier in Germany during World War Two, a gift that awakens the ghost of the long lost world. His grandfather relates the story of the day he turned eighteen, fleeing German forces through the woods of France with a dying comrade hanging on for life. In Pip's own and contemporary way, he begins to live the parallel life of his grandfather, both lost in their environments and generations. Along Pip's path he stumbles into an unlikely alliance with Clark, a gay street hustler on the make, and Jenny, an aspiring social worker who tempts Pip with feelings of love and domesticity. He also forges a small but important relationship with a local priest, in whom he confides his deepest secret: the death of his brother and the heinous act his father committed against him before his passing.

Awards: 2006: Genie Awards (Canada): nominated to Best Original Song.

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Eighteen

2005

Richard Bell

5.6

(70)