LE COYOTE
Monday, Sept 11 at 7:45 PM
The Cinematheque
Director: Katherine Jerkovic
Québec | 2022 | Spanish and French with English subtitles | 89 min | Drama | Rated G
Preceded by the short film Anything, Always by Isabella Dagnino.
Sliding Scale Tickets:
$13 / $15 / $18 / $21
Plus $3 VLAFF Membership required
Community Partner:
Camilo is a solitary fifty-year-old who works for a cleaning company in Montreal. He used to run a successful restaurant called Le Coyote, but he has been struggling to find work in the culinary field since his establishment went out of business. An old friend offers him a position as a chef in the suburbs. Just when it looks like life will cut him a break, his estranged daughter lands on his doorstep, announcing that he has a grandson. She asks Camilo to take care of Zachary while she goes back to rehab. The arrival of his grandson will upset all of Camilo’s plans. There will be a new beginning for him, certainly, but not as he imagined it.
Winner of the Borsos award for Best Canadian First Feature and Best Performance at the 2022 Whistler Film Festival
“The acting, story, and filmmaking technique coalesce to make for one of the most quietly engaging films of this year…”
Edgar Chaput, Tilt