''Brain Freeze'' is a 2021 French-Canadian horror comedy film, written, directed, and scored by
Julien Knafo.
A satire of
class warfare
''Class Warfare'' is a book of collected interviews with Noam Chomsky conducted by David Barsamian. It was first published in the United States by Common Courage Press, and in the United Kingdom by Pluto Press, in 1996.
Publishing history
The ...
, the film is set in a
gated community
A gated community (or walled community) is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences ...
in
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
where the neighbourhood
golf course
A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, tee box, a #Fairway and rough, fairway, the #Fairway and rough, rough and other hazard (golf), hazards, and ...
has sprayed its grounds with a new experimental
fertilizer
A fertilizer or fertiliser is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients. Fertilizers may be distinct from liming materials or other non-nutrient soil amendments. Man ...
that automatically melts the snow in winter so that its rich patrons can play golf all year round, but which in turn has contaminated the local water supply and is turning the residents into
zombie
A zombie (Haitian French: ; ; Kikongo: ''zumbi'') is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. In modern popular culture, zombies appear in horror genre works. The term comes from Haitian folkl ...
s. Against this backdrop, teenager André (Iani Bédard) must team up with survivalist Dan (
Roy Dupuis
Roy Michael Joseph Dupuis (; born April 21, 1963) is a Canadian actor best known in America for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series '' La Femme Nikita''. In Canada, specifically Quebec, he's known for ...
) to protect themselves and André's baby sister Annie.
The film's cast also includes
Marianne Fortier,
,
Claudia Ferri
Claudia Ferri is a Canadian-American actress. She is most noted for her performance as Anna Barberini in the 2003 film '' Mambo Italiano'', for which she was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 6th Jutra Awards in 2004, and h ...
,
Mylène Mackay
Mylène Mackay (born 7 July 1987) is a Canadian actress. She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards for her performance in '' Endorphine''. In 2016, she appeared as Nelly Arcan in ...
,
Stéphane Crête
Stéphane Crête (September 19, 1967) is a Canadian actor and comedian from Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders wit ...
,
Mahée Paiement,
Jean-Pierre Bergeron
Jean-Pierre Bergeron (born 1952) is a Canadian actor and film director from Quebec.
He is most noted for his performances in the film '' The Big Snake of the World (Le Grand serpent du monde)'', for which he received a Jutra Award nomination fo ...
and
Simon Olivier Fecteau
Simon-Olivier Fecteau (born July 28, 1975) is a Canadians, Canadian film director, director, actor, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He was 28th Genie Awards, nominated in 2008 for a Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''Bluff ( ...
.
It premiered as the opening film of the 2021
Fantasia Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival, also known as Fantasia Fest or simply Fantasia, is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on fantasy, horror, sci-fi and cult genre films. Regular ...
.
Reception
References
External links
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*
Brain Freeze' at
Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada (LAC; ) is the federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada. The national archive and library is the 16th largest library in the world. T ...
2021 films
Canadian zombie comedy films
Canadian comedy horror films
Canadian satirical films
Films shot in Quebec
Films set in Quebec
Quebec films
French-language Canadian films
2020s Canadian films
2021 comedy horror films
2020s French-language films
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