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''Octavio Is Dead!'' received negative to mixed reviews, holding a rating of 3,9/10 on [[IMDb]] and an average rating of 5.9/10 on [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. |
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Octavio is Dead! went into limited release in Toronto and Regina on June 22nd, 2018. [[The Globe and Mail]]'s Chandler Levack calls it "a stirring psychosexual ghost story" with a "commanding Sarah Gadon": "Octavio Is Dead! captures something rarer still: a heroine who is not a girl, not yet a woman, and maybe not a woman at all. The tension and blurred boundaries between gender, love, sex and desire is what makes the film such an exciting addition to the canon of queer Canadian cinema." NOW Magazine writes that Octavio is Dead! "pulses with life" with a "heartfelt, searching performance" from Sarah Gadon. Critic Addison Wylie writes that "Sook-Yin Lee’s ambitious filmmaking and Gadon’s sensational performance regulates the story during the emotional turbulence, making the audience feel unsettled but confident that the film’s attentive creators are in full control. Some movie goers will perceive it as a horror movie, while others will justify it as a character drama. However, both crowds will agree that Octavio Is Dead! is very good." The film was less-favorably received by [[The National Post]]'s Chris Knight, who calls it "slim narrative pickings" with the "always-reliable Gadon" and that "whether in male or female guise, she’s got emotional believability and heft." [[The Toronto Star]]'s Bruce Demara was also critical: "There’s a lot that’s interesting, intriguing even, in Octavio is Dead, writer/director Soon-Yin Lee’s [sic] latest film. Somehow, it just doesn’t gel into a coherent, cohesive and compelling ghost story." |
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| Directed by | Sook-Yin Lee |
| Written by | Sook-Yin Lee |
| Produced by | Jennifer Weiss Simone Urdl Jamie Manning |
| Starring | Sarah Gadon Rosanna Arquette Raoul Trujillo |
| Cinematography | Daniel Grant |
| Music by | Alia O'Brien Adam Litovitz Sook-Yin Lee |
Production company | The Film Farm |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Octavio Is Dead! is a Canadian supernatural drama film directed by Sook-Yin Lee, which premiered on June 2, 2018 at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival[1] before going into theatrical release on June 22.[2]
The film stars Sarah Gadon as Tyler, a young woman who unexpectedly inherits all of her estranged father Octavio's (Raoul Trujillo) possessions after his death. Over the objections of her domineering mother Joan (Rosanna Arquette), she goes to the apartment, only to discover that her father is still present there as a ghost who leads her through a complex exploration of her sexual and personal identity.[3] While wearing her father's clothes, she meets and becomes attracted to Apostolis (Dimitris Kitsos), a gay university student who perceives her as a man.[2]
Reception
Octavio Is Dead! received negative to mixed reviews, holding a rating of 3,9/10 on IMDb and an average rating of 5.9/10 on Rotten Tomatoes.
References
- ^ "Inside Out announces 2018 lineup". Now, May 4, 2018.
- ^ a b "Sook-Yin Lee and Canada’s new queer cinema". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 2018.
- ^ "Octavio is Dead prepped for T.O. shoot". Playback, January 19, 2017.
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