Oh Canada Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Aging filmmaker Leonard Fife (Richard Gere), still fiery despite his battle with illness, wants to tell his life story, unfiltered, before it's too late. As the director of acclaimed documentary exposes, he has much to be proud of, but his Vietnam War draft-dodging and his past relationships harbor thorny truths. Leonard sits for an extended interview with his former student Malcolm (Michael Imperioli), relating candid stories about his younger self (Jacob Elordi) in the tumultuous 1960s and beyond. At Leonard's insistence, his wife and indispensable artistic partner, Emma (Uma Thurman), bears witness to it all. His successes are held up against his failings and, as the man is cleansed of the myth, Leonard must confront what is left. Paul Schrader's adaptation of Russell Banks's novel sees him reunited with Gere more than 40 years after "American Gigolo," and together they deliver a moving and deeply personal take on this story of an artist reflecting on a lifetime of storytelling.
directed by Paul Schrader
starring Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi, Uma Thurman, Victoria Hill, Michael Imperioli, Penelope Mitchell, Kristine Froseth
release date December 5, 2024 (in select theaters)
directed by Paul Schrader
starring Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi, Uma Thurman, Victoria Hill, Michael Imperioli, Penelope Mitchell, Kristine Froseth
release date December 5, 2024 (in select theaters)
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00:00Don't forget why I agreed to do this.
00:04Tell me why I agreed to do this.
00:07This documentary will record your progress from your arrival in Canada as a draft refugee through your career as a filmmaker.
00:14Where's my wife?
00:18I'm here, Leo.
00:19I want to tell everything, for the record.
00:21I know most of the stuff anyway.
00:23You don't know any of it.
00:26Okay, let's begin.
00:28Lights, please.
00:30Leonard 5, December 22, 2023.
00:35The story begins the night of March 30th, 1968.
00:40We should go to Virginia.
00:44I can hear him.
00:45You're her.
00:46She'll be a girl.
00:49Ben tells me you're going north tomorrow.
00:53I was on my way to decide my future.
00:56I never returned to Virginia.
00:59I met Amy in a bar in St. Petersburg.
01:02Then I met Amanda by the time I was 22.
01:09I'd already been married, fathered a child, gotten divorced.
01:15My head ruins my life.
01:19I'm waiting for everything to just kind of fall into place.
01:28He's mixing things together.
01:29Memories, films, fantasies, other people's stories.
01:32You're talking about me like I'm not in the room.
01:34I can hear you.
01:36Come on, let's just keep going.
01:37Can we do that?
01:38You're confused.
01:39Stay away from me.
01:44You were a hero.
01:45You stood against war.
01:48Stop.
01:49That's enough.
01:50Stop this now.
01:55When you have no future,
02:00all you have left is your past.