My Winnipeg (2008)
My Winnipeg (2008)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently My Winnipeg is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Ann Savage
Mother
Amy Stewart
Janet Maddin
Darcy Fehr
Guy Maddin
Louis Negin
Mayor Cornish
Brendan Cade
Cameron Maddin
Wesley Cade
Ross Maddin
Guy Maddin
Narrator (voice) / Director / Writer / Producer
Lou Profeta
Himself
Fred Dunsmore
Himself
Kate Yacula
Citizen Girl
Jacelyn Lobay
Gwenyth Lloyd
Eric Nipp
Viscount Gort
Jennifer Palichuk
Althea Cornish
George Toles
Dialogue
Andy Smetanka
Animation
Michael Drabot
Lighting Director
Katharina Stieffenhofer
Art Direction
Meg McMillan
Costume Designer
John Clarke
Lighting Director
Stéphane Léonard
Choreographer
Réjean Labrie
Production Design
Phyllis Laing
Producer
Jim Heber
Casting
John Gurdebeke
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 13, 2008
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 20m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
My Winnipeg is a 2007 Canadian film directed and written by Guy Maddin with dialogue by George Toles. Described by Maddin as a "docu-fantasia", that melds "personal history, civic tragedy, and mystical hypothesizing", the film is a surrealist mockumentary about Winnipeg, Maddin's home town. A New York Times article described the film's unconventional take on the documentary style by noting that it "skates along an icy edge between dreams and lucidity, fact and fiction, cinema and psychotherapy".
My Winnipeg began when Maddin was commissioned by the Documentary Channel, and originally titled Love Me, Love My Winnipeg. Maddin's producer directed "Don't give me the frozen hellhole everyone knows that Winnipeg is", so Maddin cast Darcy Fehr in the role of "Guy Maddin" and structured the documentary around a metafictional plot that mythologizes the city and Maddin's autobiography.