Australian Premiere

THIS MOVIE IS BROKEN

Fri 12th August | 8:30pm | Dendy Opera Quays

Dir: Bruce McDonald, Canada, 2010, 85 min | Cast: Greg Calderone, Georgina Reilly & the members of Broken Social Scene

A concert film with a difference, built around a memorable performance by Broken Social Scene

If you don’t yet know Broken Social Scene, Bruce McDonald’s concert film is the perfect gateway into this multi-faceted indie rock band, known for their electrifying live performances. Here, Bruce McDonald weaves into one particularly outstanding outdoor show a short fictional romance between Bruno and Caroline, who decide to attend the gig together after a steamy night on a Toronto rooftop.

The result is a fascinating hybrid, as interested in the act of attending a concert as the concert itself. It captures both the nervous excitement of hitting the town with the object of a major crush and the exhilaration of being in the crowd on a hot summer night at your dream gig. The film gets at the heart of those rare moments when it feels anything could happen.