March 20th: 9:30 Borealis
Director: Sean Garrity
Cast: Joey King, Clé Bennett, Emily Hampshire
Canada 2015 95 minutes
Jonah plays poker at a seedy back-room game overseen by Tubby Finkleman, who
reluctantly grants Jonah one-hundred grand in credit, which Jonah promptly loses. The volatile Tubby takes Marvin – Jonah’s family dog – as collateral, and warns Jonah that if he doesn’t pay up by first thing in the morning, he and his daughter, Aurora, are going to get hurt. When Jonah appeals to his girlfriend for a loan, she dumps him, tired of his lies and his negligent parenting.
Oblivious to her family’s danger, Aurora undergoes an eye exam, and her doctor
delivers the prognosis to Jonah in private: she’s going completely blind. But Jonah’s
unable to tell Aurora the truth. Instead, he urges her to come on a road trip to Churchill, Manitoba. There, Jonah once witnessed the most beautiful sight he’s ever seen – the Northern Lights. His motivation is two-fold: flee from danger, and assuage his guilt by showing her the amazing Aurora Borealis - before she loses her vision completely.
Along the way, with Tubby hot on their trail, Jonah and Aurora finally confront their tragic pasts and their individual vices in unanticipated and often comical ways. And when Jonah finally reveals the truth to Aurora about her failing vision, she shares a profound encounter with a mysterious small town hipster, before reuniting with Jonah for the final leg of the journey and the film’s exciting climax.
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