A film which I wanted to see for the longest time since it was released to theatres nationwide is the Trotsky written and directed by Jacob Tierney. After watching the trailer, I fell in love with the whole story and concept. Basically, the movie follows a young teenage boy by the name of "Leon Bronstein" who attends private school. However, his mindset and personality is derived from a Russian revolutionary by the same name. In short, Leon (Jay Baruchel) thinks that he's the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky from 1897-1949. His goal is to unionize students at his new public school because there is a lack of power and influence between students and administration. As the viewer, we can see that the teachers and principals are after disciplining the students and maintaining order. The students are apathetic and do nothing else but abide by the rules of the school. Leon hopes to break down and rebel against these barriers and constraints and create a new (world) student order by joining the Student Union. He leads the student boy to strike just like how he did to his father's company, a clothing factory. He falls in love with Alexandra (Emily Hampshire) because he's trying to live out his name and legacy since Leon Trotsky married an older woman during his time.
The music is created by K'naan and Malajube which I think are appropriate because it reflects the teenage angst and rebellious cause in which this movie is going for. One aspect of this movie is the Canadian-ness of it. It takes place and is shot in Montreal at Montreal West High. The casting is all Canadian. The musicians are Canadian. I appreciate the whole patriotic portion of it and it won some international awards too including some from Tokyo and Atlanta.
Personally, I'm going to go watch it once it goes onto DVD. Since producers only ever get money or return once it goes on DVD.
The music is created by K'naan and Malajube which I think are appropriate because it reflects the teenage angst and rebellious cause in which this movie is going for. One aspect of this movie is the Canadian-ness of it. It takes place and is shot in Montreal at Montreal West High. The casting is all Canadian. The musicians are Canadian. I appreciate the whole patriotic portion of it and it won some international awards too including some from Tokyo and Atlanta.
Personally, I'm going to go watch it once it goes onto DVD. Since producers only ever get money or return once it goes on DVD.
1 comment:
I saw the trailer for this movie, but didn't really know if I really wanted to watch it. Reading your blogpost for the movie makes me want to watch it. I never knew that K'naan's music was in this movie and never really understood what the movie was about. Your blogpost made it easy for me to decide to watch the movie.
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