''Nonsense Revolution'' is a 2008 Canadian

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written and directed by Ann Verrall, starring

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, Anastasia Phillips,

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and

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Synopsis

''Nonsense Revolution'' is about a group of friends who were partying one night. In a terrible accident, Kaz (

), one of the group dies in a "hit and run" accident. About a year later, Kaz returns with angel wings (but is not saintly at all). He "haunts" one of the friends called Tess ( Anastasia Phillips) and appears only to her but remains invisible to all the others. He tells Tess to arrange the gathering of the group together on the anniversary of his death. An awkward atmosphere develops as Kaz "plays" around with the group sexually arousing them by touching them with his feathers and making them engage in various

heterosexual Heterosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between people of the opposite sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, heterosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions ...

and

homosexual Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between people of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" exc ...

acts with each other.

Cast

as Kaz * Anastasia Phillips as Tess *

as Tom *

as Curtis' ancestor * Loretta Yu as Nora *Seamus Morrison as Logan *Gregory Penney as Curtis *Krista MacDonald as Police constable *Adrian Comeau as Bo *Shauna Bradley as Mia *Jordan Munn as Will Mac *Keelin Jack as Adriana *Michael McPhee as Jimmy *Todd Godin as Police constable *Curtis' ancestors played by ** Heather Rankin **James Milligan **Michael Pellerin **Lisa Fennell **Novalea Buchan

Production

The film was shot in

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and the surrounding area making use of the tax credit scheme for shooting locally in place at the time."Atlantic Film Festival launches 28th edition with focus on young local filmmakers"
by Jennifer MacMillan at www.thestar.com

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''Nonsense Revolution''
at www.shortworksproductions.ca 2008 films 2008 comedy films English-language Canadian films Canadian LGBTQ-related films 2008 LGBTQ-related films 2000s English-language films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub

Synopsis

Cast

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