Acting
Michael D'Ascenzo carries crushing weight at age twelve.
Direction
Massombagi shoots Toronto's margins with documentary intimacy.
Writing
Dialogue so sparse every silence screams.
Director
Asghar Massombagi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Regent Park before its controversial gentrification, the film preserves a Toronto that's been literally demolished.
Massombagi cast D'Ascenzo after finding him skateboarding outside the audition space; he had zero acting experience.
US
CA
