Cast No Shadow

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Cast No Shadow

2014

1h 25m

Drama

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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5 Reviews

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Jude, a 13-year-old boy, is sent to live with Alfreda when his father goes to prison. She nutures his active imagination until his father's release, and becomes trapped between the pressures of his father and his one friend.

Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Painterly cinematography around the Newfoundland coast and a soulful lead performance from young star Percy Hynes White aren't enough to overcome an awkward script ...

Rated: 2/4

Apr 3, 2015

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

Sparkes shows a confident hand as director, ensuring Hynes-White's Jude swings naturally between cockiness and tender childlike moments that evoke sympathy, hinting at a lurking sweetness inside him.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 2, 2015

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Jorge Ignacio Castillo

The Canadian Crew

Unassuming and minimalistic to a fault, Cast No Shadow is exceptionally effective.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 3, 2020

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Tara Thorne

The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

It's not one minute of fun, but it's equal parts scary and sad, and adds another dimension to the art of the already impressive province from which it comes.

Jul 13, 2016

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

Sparkes invests the proceedings with a strong sense of place and mood, hinting at Jude's unstable psyche by giving us flashes of the trolls and witches he believes lurk in the woods around his home.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 18, 2015

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A dark and moody fairytale of a young boy who collects gold to pay off murderous troll, Cast No Shadow boasts a strong performance from its young lead and a very distinctively Newfound voice from screenwriter Joel Thomas Hynes and dirctor Christian Sparkes. It's a film that on paper shouldn't work, but somehow manages to combine onscreen in some sort of alchemy where everything just Olay off each other beautifully. A few of the metaphors are a bit on the nose, but that hardly matters when the mystical and real are so deftly handled as the film transitions between the two until you can't tell where one ends and the other begins.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Extremely well made.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Christian Sparkes

Director

Mary Colin Chisholm

Alfreda

Joel Thomas Hynes

Angus

Percy Hynes White

Jude

Gavin Snow

Ricky

Joel Thomas Hynes

Screenwriter

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Synopsis

Jude, a 13-year-old boy, is sent to live with Alfreda when his father goes to prison. She nutures his active imagination until his father's release, and becomes trapped between the pressures of his father and his one friend.

Director: Christian Sparkes
Producer: Chris Agoston, Christian Sparkes, Allison White
Screenwriter: Joel Thomas Hynes
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 2, 2019
Runtime: 1h 25m