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This Place

2022 1h 27m Drama List
100% Tomatometer 14 Reviews
A coming-of-adulthood story about two women falling in love for the first time. As they grow closer, each is forced to confront their family histories in unexpected ways. Through multiple legacies complicated by grief, love, and migration, this film follows those living in the liminal space between cultures.

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Aparita Bhandari Globe and Mail Nayani’s debut feature film addressing all the complexities of this place we’re in – physically or emotionally – is a welcome addition to the Canadian canon. Jul 5, 2023 Full Review Drew Gregory Autostraddle All of these threads of story are balanced deftly, always grounded in the people, the cultures, the places, and the time periods on display. Sep 25, 2022 Full Review Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl [Kawennáhere Devery] Jacobs shines in This Place, a multicultural coming of age and love story involving two outsiders in Toronto. Rated: 6/10 Oct 19, 2023 Full Review Chase Hutchinson The Stranger (Seattle, WA) It doesn’t offer easy answers and instead uncovers the way two lives, distinct yet similar, can beautifully intersect at the right time. Oct 14, 2023 Full Review Liam Lacey Original Cin Thoughtful if over-schematic, This Place follows two women students in love — one Mohawk, one Sri Lankan — in a story of hybrid identities in of the world’s most multicultural cities. Rated: B Aug 16, 2023 Full Review Anne Brodie What She Said Mohawk writer, director, and actor Devery Jacobs, tackles coming-of-age on multiple levels They experience the crumbling of mountains of stored emotion and resentment which leads them to their truths. Toronto is well-represented Rated: 4/4 Jul 11, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A coming-of-adulthood story about two women falling in love for the first time. As they grow closer, each is forced to confront their family histories in unexpected ways. Through multiple legacies complicated by grief, love, and migration, this film follows those living in the liminal space between cultures.
Director
V.T. Nayani
Producer
Stephanie Sonny Hooker
Screenwriter
Devery Jacobs, V.T. Nayani, Golshan Abdmoulaie
Production Co
Hometeam Films, Mutuals Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 27m