THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

By Matthew RANKIN

ALPHAPANDA - as PROMO

Biography - Completed 2019

Toronto, 1899. In his quest to become the Prime Minister of Canada, young Mackenzie King hesitates in love, disappoints the nation and fornicates with ladies footwear.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2019
Midnight Madness BEST CANADIAN FIRST FEATURE FILM
Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2020
Forum FIPRESCI Prize
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Biography, Comedy, LGBT
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Matthew RANKIN
    • Synopsis
    • Toronto, 1899.
      Aspiring young politician Mackenzie King dreams of
      becoming the Prime Minister of Canada. In his quest for power, he must face his imperious Mother, a war-mongering Governor-General and the utopian idealism of a Québécois mystic.

      Meanwhile, King hesitates in love between a British soldier and a French-Canadian nurse and furtively indulges a fetishistic obsession for women’s footwear…

      When his vainglorious run for leadership culminates in
      an epic battle between good and evil, King will learn that disappointment may be the only way to survive the
      20th century.