Directed by:
Jean-Marc ValléeScreenplay:
Bryan SipeCinematography:
Yves BélangerCast:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, Polly Draper, Debra Monk, Heather Lind, Wass Stevens, Brendan Dooling, James Colby, Madison Arnold (more)VOD (1)
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New York investment banker Davis Mitchell (Gyllenhaal) is sleepwalking through a life of easy success when a horrible car crash wakes him with a start. His lovely wife, Julia, is killed. Friends and family gather round to console him, but Davis seems to feel nothing. Seemingly unfazed by his loss yet preoccupied by his inability to retrieve a candy bar from a hospital vending machine, Davis takes to writing absurdly protracted - and increasingly confessional - letters of complaint to the Champion Vending Machine Company. Those letters are answered by Karen (Watts), a mysterious, eccentric Champion employee. Davis' letters somehow resonate with Karen. As Davis finds himself undertaking a campaign of random acts of destruction, dismantling everything from household appliances to an office washroom stall, he and Karen forge a strange and beautiful alliance. Both put their own interests at risk - but what they discover in the aftermath may prove far more valuable. (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Jake Gyllenhaal
USA
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Naomi Watts
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Chris Cooper
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Judah Lewis
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Polly Draper
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Debra Monk
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Heather Lind
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Wass Stevens
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Brendan Dooling
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James Colby
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Madison Arnold
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Royce Johnson
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Malachy Cleary
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Ben Cole
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Alfredo Narciso
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Jane Dashow
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