Werewolf

Werewolf (2017)

Blaise and Nessa are outcast methadone users in their small town. Each day they push a rusty lawnmower door-to-door begging to cut grass. Nessa plots an escape, while Blaise lingers closer to collapse. Tethered to one another, their getaway dreams are kept on a suffocatingly short leash.

Date of release
2017-03-22
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Drama
Director
Ashley McKenzie

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Nova Scotia

Werewolf is a 2016 Canadian drama film directed by Ashley McKenzie and starring Andrew Gillis and Bhreagh MacNeil. It marks McKenzie's feature film directorial debut. The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, and subsequently received numerous accolades, including several Canadian Screen Award nominations, and the $100,000 Toronto Film Critics Association prize for best Canadian film of the year in 2017.

Production

The film was shot on Cape Breton Island for 26 days, and was funded through various government grants, including from Telefilm Canada.

The story was inspired by a real-life couple in New Waterford; McKenzie learned they were referred to as "the lawnmower crackheads" because they went from house to house offering to mow people's lawns.

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