The Martyr

VIFF Official Selection

INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE October 3rd 9:15pm + October 10th 3:15pm

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A long night on a film set gets longer, as an intensely committed but emotionally unstable independent director races the clock to find the perfect performance for a crucial scene. As Milton Tibbons demands take after take, his cast and crew begin to lose their patience with their director's outbursts, until the director makes an emotional disclosure that pushes his set to the point of boiling over

At once a nervy character study and a darkly comedic satire of independent film sets, The Martyr uses the baffled faces of the crew and a vigorous central performance by Thomas Nicholson to create an atmosphere of high-wire tension and uneasy humour.