My Winnipeg

88

80 minutes – Documenary, Drama
Language: English
Release date: June 20, 2008
Canadian distributor: Maximum Films

My Winnipeg is Guy Maddin’s ode to a time and place. It is part memoir, part fantasy. From his boyhood home above a beauty salon to the hockey arenas where his father worked and where much of Maddin’s childhood was spent, the film takes its viewers on a surreal journey in this “documentary” on his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ann Savage (femme fatale of 1945’s Detour) plays Maddin’s mother in the re-enacted family scenes, which are portrayed in film noir style. My Winnipeg was named Best Canadian Film at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

My Winnipeg, movie poster

Crew:

Producer:

Jody Shapiro
Phyllis Laing
Guy Maddin

Executive Producer:

Michael Burns

Director:

Guy Maddin

Screenwriter:

Guy Maddin
George Toles

Cinematographer:

Jody Shapiro

Editor:

John Gurdebeke

Composer:

Jason Staczek

Art Director:

Katharina Stieffenhofer

Costume Designer:

Meg McMillan

Cast: Roles:

Darcy Fehr
Ann Savage
Amy Stewart
Louis Negin
Brendan Cade
Wesley Cade
Lou Profeta
Fred Dunsmore
Kate Yacula
Jacelyn Lobay
Eric Nipp
Jennifer Palichuk
Deborah Carlson
Cory Cassidy
Scott Hamel
Wayne Hamel
Joyce Krenz
Will Woytowich

Guy Maddin
Mother
Janet Maddin
Mayor Cornish
Cameron Maddin
Ross Maddin
Himself
Himself
Citizen Girl
Gwenyth Lloyd
Viscount Gort
Althea Cornish

Russian Bolshevik

Auntie
Con Johanesson