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The High Cost of Living

Canada

2010

92 Min
Color
1.66:1
English, French, Cantonese
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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DIR Deborah Chow

EXEC Heidi Levitt

PROD Kim Berlin, Susan Schneir

SCR Deborah Chow

CAST Isabelle Blais, Zach Braff, Patrick Labbé, Aimee Lee, Julian Lo, Sean Lu, Kyle Switzer, Mylene Savoie, Paula Jean Hixson, Pierre Gendron, Anick Lemay, Nicole Braber, Graham Cuthbertson

ED Jonathan Alberts, Benjamin Duffield

PROD DES Susan C. MacQuarrie

MUSIC Normand Corbeil

Toronto (Canada First!): Best Canadian First Feature, Tribeca

Synopsis

The story of a young, pregnant woman whose world falls apart when she loses her child in a hit and run accident. As her life unravels,Nathalie finds an unlikely protector in Henry, a down and out guardian angel who has followed her thread. But Henry is not quite an angel, and as she struggles to come to terms with the loss, Nathalie discovers that she has fallen in love with the man who ran her over. –IMDb

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MadDog

9Jul12

The story deserves more than a generic independent film color. It could've been darker, more climactic and less unimaginative. Pity.

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SP

19Oct11

Kinda liked this one.

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