Angie is a middle-aged drug dealer, who fulfills the masochistic fantasies of young student David. David shares a residence with lonely log company worker Tony. Angie’s roommate Nancy, Angie’s son Ethan and her old mother Abbie are also very lonely and desperate for human communication.
Acting
Babs Chula's fearless, unglamorous lead performance.
Writing
Dialogue so uncomfortable it feels improvised by accident.
Director
Bruce Sweeney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of 1990s Vancouver indie films exploring working-class desperation, alongside works by Mina Shum and Lynne Stopkewich.
Babs Chula reportedly based Angie's physicality on observing actual drug dealers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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