A Canadian therapist has one last chance to keep his own personal life afloat by avoiding a job transfer to Gimli and working to help three patients suffering from extreme post-traumatic stress disorder.
Acting
Jonas Chernick's unraveling precision—every forced smile hurts.
Writing
Therapy scenes that actually feel like therapy, not movie therapy.
Direction
Garrity balances Gimli's bleakness with genuine human ridiculousness.
Director
Sean Garrity
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Winnipeg with a $500K budget; Gimli is a real Manitoba town, not a metaphor—though it plays like one.
Part of the 2000s 'Winnipeg weird' wave alongside Guy Maddin, proving Canadian cinema doesn't need Toronto's permission to exist.
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