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How to Fix Radios (2021)

How to Fix Radios poster
Directed by
Casper Leonard, Emily Russell
Genre
drama
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a small Ontario town, a shy teen takes a summer job at a bait shop. He forms a friendship with his more confident and openly gay supervisor, which challenges how he sees the world.

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What happens

How to Fix Radios is a Canadian drama film, directed by Emily Russell and Casper Leonard and released in 2021. The film centres on the friendship between Evan (James Rudden), a shy and isolated teenager in small town Ontario whose worldview is challenged when he takes a summer job at a bait shop where his supervisor is the more assertive and openly gay Ross (Dimitri Watson). The film premiered on March 5, 2021, at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival, and was subsequently screened in May at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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