19 Months

19 Months (2004)

19 Months takes a comic look at a young couple who believe that romantic love has an expiry date. Rather than stay in a relationship past its due date they have decided to break up. In order to avoid the usual pain, jealousy and loneliness so many others go through during a break up Rob and Melanie have agreed to stay together until each of them has found a new partner. So confident are they in this process they have invited a documentary filmmaker to help show the world their "new and better way." Unfortunately for Rob and Melanie they are about to show the world something entirely different.

Date of release
2004-05-21
TMDB
3.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Randall Cole

Casting

Interesting facts

19 Months is a 2002 Canadian mockumentary film written and directed by Randall Cole, starring Benjamin Ratner and Angela Vint. It was Cole's directorial debut.

Production

The film was written and directed by Randall Cole, and is his first feature film. He began writing the script around 2001, inspired by articles which stated that love was the result of a chemical response that faded over time. It was about 80% scripted and 20% improvised.

The film was produced through the Feature Film Project of the Canadian Film Centre, which provided a $500,000 budget. The production received assistance from Telefilm Canada and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

The film was shot over 15 days in Toronto and is set there, using iconic Toronto locations. Actors are often filmed in close-up, which helped avoid the time and expense of set design and location dressing.

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