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FAIL TO APPEAR

By Antoine BOURGES

Drama - Completed 2017

Isolde is a caseworker adjusting to the challenges of her new job when she is assigned to a man who is charged with theft and facing an upcoming court hearing. She does her best to help, but when the two meet she struggles to connect.

Festivals
& Awards

Vancouver IFF 2017

Future/Present

BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2018

Human Rights Competition

Cinema du Reel 2018

International First Films

Art of the Real 2018

- Year of production
- 2017
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- CANADA
- Languages
- ENGLISH-CANADA
- Duration
- 70 mn
- Director(s)
- Antoine BOURGES
- Writer(s)
- Antoine BOURGES
- Cast
- Deragh CAMPBELL, Nathan RODER
- Producer(s)
- Dan MONTGOMERY (MDFF), Karen HARNISCH (Film Forge)
- Synopsis
- Isolde, a young caseworker in a low-income neighbourhood of Toronto, trains for her job: helping people in need while following protocols. When she takes on the case of Eric, a man held in custody for a small crime, Isolde begins to navigate the mental health legal system and witnesses his court hearing. As she gets closer to him, her sympathy for Eric develops but she struggles to make a connection.

FAIL TO APPEAR

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