| Cole | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carl Bessai |
| Written by | Adam Zang |
| Produced by | Carl Bessai Dylan Thomas Collingwood Irene Nelson Kimani Ray Smith |
| Starring | Richard de Klerk Kandyse McClure Chad Willett Rebecca Jenkins Sonja Bennett |
| Cinematography | Carl Bessai |
| Edited by | Mark Shearer |
| Music by | Clinton Shorter |
Production companies | Rampart Films Titlecard Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Cole is a Canadian drama film, directed by Carl Bessai and released in 2009.[1]
The film stars Richard de Klerk as Cole Chambers, a young man from Lytton who longs to escape his smalltown existence with his dysfunctional family.[1] He is accepted into a university creative writing program in Vancouver, where he begins a romance with Serafina (Kandyse McClure), but faces a difficult choice when his friends and family back home struggle to survive without his presence.[2] The cast also includes Rebecca Jenkins as Cole's mentally ill mother, Sonja Bennett as his sister Maybelline, and Chad Willett as Maybelline's abusive husband Bobby.[3]
The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival,[4] and screened at a number of other film festivals before going into commercial release in 2010.[2]
Chad Willett won the Leo Awards for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama in 2010
Bennett received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 31st Genie Awards.[5]
- ^ a b "Plight of the outsider enthralls director; Carl Bessai's latest film about a young man who longs to get out of Lytton". Vancouver Sun, October 8, 2009.
- ^ a b "Portrait of a wannabe artist". The Province, September 17, 2010.
- ^ "Cole sets up shop in chilly hot spot; Indie feature". The Province, June 15, 2008.
- ^ "Canadian films at TIFF branching out with international stars and locales". Canadian Press, September 9, 2009.
- ^ "Letting the Genies out of their bottles". Regina Leader-Post, March 3, 2011.