Oh, Canada

Oh, Canada

95 mins | Drama | May 17, 2024

Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.

Oh, Canada

95 mins | Drama | May 17, 2024

Oh, Canada
Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Arclight Films, Vested Interest, Fit Via Vi, Ottocento Films, Sipur Studios
Original title Oh, Canada
Directors Paul Schrader
Writers Russell Banks, Paul Schrader

Cast

Richard Gere

as Leonard Fife

Jacob Elordi

as Young Leonard

Uma Thurman

as Emma

Michael Imperioli

as Malcolm MacLeod

Kristine Froseth

as Alicia

Penelope Mitchell

as Sloan / Amy

Victoria Hill

as Diana

Aaron Roman Weiner

as Captain

Ryan Woodle

as Jimmy

John Way

as Garth

Dylan Flashner

as Charles