THE GRAND SEDUCTION

Fri 8 Aug 6:30pm | Event Cinemas George St

DIR DON MCKELLAR | CANADA, 2014, 113 MIN| WITH TAYLOR KITSCH, BRENDAN GLEESON, GORDON PINSENT | AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

A small, failing fishing village needs to procure a local GP to secure a lucrative business contract, so when  unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to seduce him into staying with a series of increasingly complicated and outlandish tricks and schemes. Set against the stunning coastline of Newfoundland, this laugh-out-loud comedy is also a charming humanist fable about community spirit, led by warmly charismatic performances by Brendan Gleeson and Taylor Kitsch.

"A fish-out-of-water fable set within a fabulously scenic backdrop, against which wholesome humor and a thoroughgoing humanist streak play out and intertwine with gentle, unforced ease." - The Washington Post

FESTIVALS: TORONTO, SEATTLE 2014