THE GRAND SEDUCTION (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Brendan Gleeson (Calvary), Taylor Kitsch (John Carter), Liane Balaban (Last Chance Harvey), Gordon Pinsent (The Shipping News), Mark Critch (Anchor Zone), Peter Keleghan (Ginger Snaps), Mary Walsh (Violet), Anna Hopkins (Barney’s Version)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Don McKellar (Last Night), director; Michael Dowse (It’s All Gone Pete Tong) and Ken Scott (Delivery Man), writers; Barbara Doran (Love and Savagery) and Roger Frappier (Jesus of Montreal), producers; Maxime Barzel (RadaKai), Paul-Étienne Côté (The Amazing Spiez) and Francois-Pierre Lue (Thrift Hunters), composers; Douglas Koch (Bollywood/Hollywood), cinematographer; Dominique Fortin (Tomorrow Never Dies), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Murray (Gleeson) leads the search to find a doctor for his quiet home town of Tickle Cove, which desperately needs one in order to secure a contract for a factory that could save the town from financial ruin. When a strong candidate emerges in the form of young doctor Paul Lewis (Kitsch), Murray and the rest of the town employ certain tactics in order to seduce Paul into staying permanently…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A cute little farce involving a small community with good intentions, this should be a warm-hearted movie that anyone can get behind no matter how small in scale it may be.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 29TH AUGUST 2014

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