East of Euclid

Sunday May 2, 2010
7:30 PM
Admission: $5.00
Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild
2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA


East of Euclid
A twisted comic film noir set in 1972 in the North End of Winnipeg. A newspaper reporter breaks a story that involves a strange love triangle between a Russian gambler, a perogie factory girl and a daring news photographer. Mix in gambling, money-laundering, murder and a kidnapped Finnish hockey player and you have a plot that is as thick as homemade borscht, with characters as colourful, and sometimes as fragile, as Ukrainian Easter eggs.

Somewhat of a Guy Maddin alumni reunion, "East of Euclid," written and directed by Jeff Solylo (Art Director on "Tales from Gimli Hospital," "Archangel," and "Careful") stars Michael O'Sullivan ("Archangel" and "Careful"), Brent Neale ("Tales from the Gimili Hopsital," "Archangel," "Careful," "Dracula, Pages From a Virgin's Diary"), and Maria Lamont who has had leading roles in theatre across Canada. Also features Miles Boisselle and Jeff Skinner, both with roles in "The Saddest Music in the World," as well as Mark Yuill ("Archangel," "Careful," and John Paizs' "Crimewave").

"(A) cinematic magnum opus... call it Dostoyevsky meets Monty Python." - Randall King, The Winnipeg Free Press