For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.
| Year | 2009 |
| Country | Canada, France |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Director | Atom Egoyan |
| Runtime | 100 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.9/10 (52 votes) |
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The film constructs a delicate meditation on storytelling and truth, using a school assignment as a lens to examine inherited trauma and societal biases. It relies on subtle performances and a restrained atmosphere to explore how personal narratives can be weaponized or healed in the digital age.
What lingers after viewing is a quiet unease about the stories we tell ourselves and others, and the profound consequences of blurring fact with fiction. A poignant study of vulnerability in a connected world — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Atom Egoyan
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