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Black Conflux

Directed by Nicole Dorsey
Canada, 2019 (fiction, 100 minutes, colour, English)

Film Description:
"Set in suburban Newfoundland in 1987, Nicole Dorsey's debut feature Black Conflux is a dreamy account of two converging lives. Fifteen-year-old Jackie (Ella Ballentine) is navigating from vulnerable adolescence to impending adulthood. Dennis (Ryan McDonald) is a socially inept loner with a volatile dark streak and delusional fantasies of adoring women at his beck and call. The film opens with Jackie auditioning for her school choir with a gorgeous rendition of 'Hey, Who Really Cares?' by little-known 1970s psychedelic folk singer Linda Perhacs. It's a symbolic overture for a promising young woman from a broken home. Raised by her aunt and living under the cloud of all the failures endured by the women in her family, Jackie finds herself giving in to internal and external pressures—partying, skipping school, and hitchhiking—in search of her own identity. Her choices leave her speeding inevitably towards Dennis, whose car doubles as a venue for his violent desires. [...]"
-- Ravi Srinivasan (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Nicole Dorsey
Produced by: Michael Solomon, Mark O'Neill, Martin Paul-Hus, Nicole Dorsey
Principal Cast: Ella Ballentine, Ryan McDonald, Olivia Scriven, Luke Bilyk, Sofia Banzhaf, Amelia Manuel, Rhiannon Morgan
Cinematography: Marie Davignon
Film Editing: Sophie Leblond
Production Company: Band With Pictures, Panoramic Pictures
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