Publisher's Synopsis
Autobiographical film, described as a 'docu-fantasia', by experimental Canadian director Guy Maddin, tracing the history and geography of Winnipeg - the city where he has spent his entire life - and within that, the story of himself and his family. Mixing animation, archive film and re-enactments by a cast of professional actors, this is an inventive and surreal homage to the city that Maddin finds himself trying to 'film his way out of'. The film won the Best Canadian Feature Film Award at the Toronto Film Festival in 2007.
