‘Oh, Canada’ Trailer: Jacob Elordi Plays Young Richard Gere and Dodges the Vietnam War Draft in Paul Schrader’s Cannes Favorite
variety.comAndrés Buenahora editor Kino Lorber has lifted the curtain on Paul Schrader‘s “Oh, Canada,” debuting the first trailer for the acclaimed filmmaker’s latest.
The film first premiered at Cannes in May, competing for the Palme d’Or. It has since toured the festival season, with selections at both Toronto and New York.
The cast includes Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Michael Imperioli, Jacob Elordi, Victoria Hill and Kristine Froseth. The official synopsis for the film reads: “Leonard Fife, one of 60,000 draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life.” “Fife is dying and realizing that his whole life has been built on lies and he is trying to confront himself before he dies,” Schrader teased in an profile with Variety earlier this year.
Gere plays the older Fife, a respected documentary filmmaker giving a final testimony in an interview with his old students.
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