A sniper returns home from Afghanistan to his small Northern Ontario town. Confronted with the mundane reality of everyday life he longs for the release provided by shooting. Slowly his need for regimented military discipline takes over leading to violent confrontation.
Acting
Arnaud's physical restraint speaks louder than any dialogue.
Direction
Kandinsky makes Northern Ontario feel like a character suffocating you.
Director
Michel Kandinsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kandinsky shot in actual abandoned mining towns, using locals as extras — the economic decay you see is documentary-real.
The rifle cleaning scenes were filmed in single takes; Arnaud trained with Canadian Forces snipers for three months. That mechanical precision becomes the film's most disturbing eroticism.
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