Year of the Carnivore
YEAR OF THE CARNIVORE is the directorial debut of CBC personality and renaissance-woman-about-town Sook-yin Lee. Lee has created a sweet and hilarious romantic-comedy-drama, telling the story of girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more 'experience'.
Sammy Smalls is a 21-year-old tomboy who works as a store detective at Big Apple Food Town. Her job is to deliver shoplifters to her boss who beats them up so they never re-offend. Sammy feels guilty over her part in the dodgy scheme and wants to quit, but she doesn't have many options. She certainly isn't moving back home to live with her unhappy and over-protective parents. Meanwhile,
Sammy is head over heels for scruffy street musician Eugene Zaslavsky. He's perfect for her, funny, irreverent and sensitive, but the problem is, he doesn't want to be in a relationship. After a disastrous one-night stand that goes beyond the boundaries of their friendship, Eugene suggests they play the field to get more experience. Following his advice, Sammy hatches a plan catapulting her on a quest that takes her through her neighbours’ bedroom, the public swimming pool, and finally to blackmailing shoplifters into giving her sex lessons in the woods behind the supermarket. After running the gauntlet and hitting rock bottom, Sammy and Eugene, dissatisfied by their experiences, share their vulnerabilities, truths and fears, bringing them closer to the possibility of love.
This film has been rated: R - Content Advisory - Mature Subject Matter, Sexual Content, Nudity
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- Director: Sook-Yin Lee
- Producer: Trish Dolman, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss
- Screenwriter: Sook-Yin Lee
- Cinematographer Bruce Chun
- Editor: James Blokland
- Cast: Cristin Milioti, Mark Rendall, Will Sasso, Ali Liebert
