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PRODUCTION TEAM
Director :
Brad Fraser
Script :
Brad Fraser. D'apr�s sa pi�ce / Based on his play: Poor Super Man
Photography :
Daniel Vincelette
Editor :
Earl Fudger
Cast :
Troy Ruptash, Vincent Corazza, Lynda Boyd, Cherilee Taylor, Thom Allison
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LEAVING METROPOLIS
David is a painter whose success has brought him fame, money and insulation from the life experiences that inspired him to paint. When he decides he needs to get out in the world again, he takes a job as a waiter in a small caf�. Though David has a history of falling for straight men who later leave him for women, the last thing he expects to do now is fall in love with Matt, the co-owner of the caf�. LEAVING METROPOLIS examines the effect of their affair on the women in their lives. Shannon and Kryla are David's best friends. Shannon is an HIV-positive transsexual waiting for her final operation. Kryla is a refugee from several failed relationships who resents David's new love. Violet is Matt's wife. They all feel comfortable with the old order, the comic-book world they knew as children. Though they are adults they must constantly work at the uncertain and sometimes painful process of growing up.
Brad Fraser
Maverick playwright Brad Fraser was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1959 and has been writing for the theatre and winning awards for his work since his teens. Over the years, with plays such as Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love (1989), The Ugly Man (1990), Poor Super Man (1994) and Martin Yesterday (1998), he has built a reputation for a dark, witty and often controversial perspective of contemporary manners, in particular his candid treatment of homosexuality and sexual orientation. His plays have been widely produced in Canada, the United States, Scotland, England and Australia and have earned him numerous honours, including the Chalmers Award twice and a nomination for the Governor General's Award. Unidentified Human Remains was adapted to the screen (as LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS) by Denys Arcand in 1993. Based on Poor Super Man, LEAVING METROPOLIS is Fraser's directorial debut.
August 31, 2002 • 09:00:00 • IMP�RIAL • CI.31.1 •
August 31, 2002 • 19:00:00 • MAISONNEUVE • TM.31.2 •
September 01, 2002 • 14:00:00 • IMP�RIAL • CI.01.3 •
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