VIFF 2021: The Boathouse

Already anxious and skittish, Anne (FirecrackersMichaela Kurimsky) could’ve found a less triggering summer job. With her music professor Natalia (Kelly Martin) having gone missing, Anne’s been hired on by Natalia’s husband, Dominic (Alan Van Sprang), to be a live-in nanny at a lakeside cottage. After winning over the couple’s skeptical kids, Anne finds her relationship with Alan growing increasingly inappropriate. As she becomes entangled with this family and their secrets, Anne begins to unravel psychologically. With her paranoia mounting, she’s driven to consider both her and Dominic’s culpability in Natalia’s disappearance.

With her second feature, Hannah Cheesman has mounted an unabashedly old-school psychological thriller. Keeping Anne ever-teetering on the brink of an implosion, the magnetic Kurimsky’s nimble performance receives pitch-perfect accompaniment from Alaska B’s discordant score. Likewise, Lev Lewis’ skillful editing draws us into the nonlinear narrative’s thrall and we’re left to watch these inscrutable players hurtle towards their reckoning with the past.

Wednesday, October 6
Doors 5:45 pm | Movie 6:15 pm *Please arrive on time.

Tickets for all Vancouver International Film Festival screenings at the Rio Theatre are managed through VIFF, and can be made in advance via their ticketing service at www.viff.org. Tickets may be purchased at the box office; subject to availability.

Due to reduced capacity, advance tickets are recommended for all shows to ensure entry and seating.

*Online sales for VIFF screenings end 60 minute prior to any given showtime. The VIFF box office will open 60 minutes before any given showtime.
*Unless otherwise noted, all patrons must be 19+ with valid ID (including proof of vaccination) for entry to all Vancouver International Film Festival events.

*Sorry, Rio Theatre Groupons and passes are n/a for any VIFF events.

If you have any questions about VIFF programming or ticketing, please call them at 604-683-3456, or email them directly <[email protected]>.

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