Hello Destroyer

Hello Destroyer (2016)

A young junior hockey player's life is shattered by an in-game act of violence. In an instant his life is abruptly turned upside down; torn from the fraternity of the team and the coinciding position of prominence, he is cast as a pariah and ostracized from the community. As he struggles with the repercussions of the event, desperate to find a means of reconciliation and a sense of identity, his personal journey ends up illuminating troubling systemic issues around violence.

Date of release
2016-09-10
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Director
Kevan Funk

Casting

Interesting facts

Hello Destroyer is a 2016 Canadian drama film written and directed by Kevan Funk. It had its world premiere in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

Production

The film was an expansion of his 2013 short film Destroyer.

According to Funk, his intention was to make a film that explored institutional and systemic violence rather than a sports film per se; he chose a hockey-related setting as it represented an "aggressively Canadian" cultural institution which has a complex relationship with violence and "toxic masculinity", and has stated that if he were making the same film in the United States he would likely have chosen a military setting.

The film was shot primarily in Prince George, British Columbia, including at the CN Centre.

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