This Place

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This Place

2022

1h 27m

Drama

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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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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