Roadkill (1989)

Directed by

Bruce McDonald

Genre

comedy film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

14A

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman is sent to find a missing rock band touring in Northern Ontario. Along the way she meets a series of bizarre characters.

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What happens

Roadkill is a 1989 Canadian road film directed by Bruce McDonald, in his directorial film debut, from a screenplay written by Don McKellar. It stars Valerie Buhagiar as a woman tracking down a missing band across Northern Ontario, meeting a variety of eccentric characters along the way. The film premiered at the 1989 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Film. Roadkill is considered one of the essential works of the Toronto New Wave movement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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