Poor Boy'S Game


Release Information: February 11, 2007; Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 11, 2007; Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 11, 2007; Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 11, 2007; Toronto International Film Festival (Varsity) 20h15; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 11, 2007; Toronto International Film Festival (Varsity) 20h15; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 11, 2007; Toronto International Film Festival (Varsity) 20h15; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 11, 2007; Halifax, Dartmouth; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 11, 2007; Halifax, Dartmouth; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 11, 2007; Halifax, Dartmouth; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 7, 2007; Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 7, 2007; Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 7, 2007; Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 7, 2007; Toronto International Film Festival (Varsity) 20h15; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 7, 2007; Toronto International Film Festival (Varsity) 20h15; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 7, 2007; Toronto International Film Festival (Varsity) 20h15; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 7, 2007; Halifax, Dartmouth; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 7, 2007; Halifax, Dartmouth; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); September 7, 2007; Halifax, Dartmouth; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 9, 2007; Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 9, 2007; Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 9, 2007; Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 9, 2007; Toronto International Film Festival (Varsity) 20h15; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 9, 2007; Toronto International Film Festival (Varsity) 20h15; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 9, 2007; Toronto International Film Festival (Varsity) 20h15; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 9, 2007; Halifax, Dartmouth; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 9, 2007; Halifax, Dartmouth; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 9, 2007; Halifax, Dartmouth; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)


Funding Sources: Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC)
Film Nova Scotia
Canadian Feature Film Fund (Telefilm Canada)
Canada Media Fund
Harold Greenberg Fund (Astral)

Budget: Budget: $5,000,000

Production Details

101 minutes, 2006

Drama

Donnie, recently released from prison, returns to his working-class neighbourhood and is confronted by his victim's father, George who for nine years has been waiting to wreak revenge. Poor Boys' Game is an exploration of the power of forgiveness and the futility of vengeance.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

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