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Percy (2020)

Percy poster
Directed by
Clark Johnson
Genre
drama film, biographical film
Country
India, United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 136 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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An elderly farmer in Saskatchewan finds his crops contaminated by a corporation's genetically modified seeds. He decides to fight the powerful company in court.

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What happens

Percy (also known as Percy vs Goliath) is a 2020 Canadian-American-Indian biographical drama film, directed by Clark Johnson from a screenplay by Garfield Lindsay Miller and Hilary Pryor. It stars Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci, Zach Braff, Luke Kirby, Adam Beach, Martin Donovan, Roberta Maxwell and Peter Stebbings. The film follows 70-year-old small-town Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser, who takes on a giant corporation after their GMOs interfere with his crops. The film premiered at the 2020 Quebec City Film Festival and it was theatrically released in Canada by Mongrel Media on October 9, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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