115 minutes – Drama
Language: English
Release date: June 5, 2014
Canadian Distributor: Mongrel Media
Aloft centres on Nana Kunning (Jennifer Connelly) whose life is quickly revealed to be anything but her own and she seems the pawn to the whims and desires of the men around her and to her two sons, particularly the older of the two, Ivan (Cillian Murphy). In a story that weaves past and present in seamless story lines, the film explores a past marred by an accident and a present that teeters on madness. Kunning will become a renowned artist and healer, and Ivan will grow into his own continuing his passion as a falconer. In the present, a young journalist (Mélanie Laurent) will bring about an encounter between the two that puts the very meaning of life and art into question. A Spain-Canada-France coproduction that was shot in rural Manitoba, the landscape and frozen locations, the drone-like music and languid camera style may remind you of several Ingmar Bergman explorations, with the starkness and white-outs often providing a dreamlike quality to the film from Peruvian director Claudia Llosa.
Photo and poster courtesy of Mongrel Media.
Jose María Morales
Ibon Cormenzana
Phyllis Laing
Mark Johnson
Miguel Morales
Jérôme Vidal
Marina Fuentes Arredonda
Ignacio Salazar-Simpson
Rhonda Baker
Claudia Llosa
Claudia Llosa
Nicolas Bolduc
Guille De La Cal
Michael Brook
Eugenio Caballero
Réjean Labrie
Heather Neale
Jennifer Connelly
Zen McGrath
Cillian Murphy
Mélanie Laurent
William Shimell
Winta McGrath
Peter McRobbie
Ian Tracey
Mike Bell
Bobby Stahr
Darryl Hogg
Graham Ashmore
Tom Anniko
Susan Kelso
Ellen Gale
Erika Marxx
Janet Taylor
Pete Hudson
Sarah Constible
Benjamin Slugoski Walters
Andy Murray
Nancy Drake
Christopher Sigurdson
Oona Chaplin
Carson Nattrass
Nana Kunning
Ivan (age 10)
Ivan (age 31)
Jania Ressemore
Architect Newman
Gully
Ike
Hans
Ronald (Driver – Pick-Up)
Man in Wheelchair
Old Man (Camping Area)
Redheaded Man (Camping Area)
Man #1 (Camping Area)
Woman #1 (Camping Area)
Woman #2 (Camping Area)
Woman #3 (Camping Area)
Old Woman (Camping Area)
Man #3 (Camping Area)
Mother of Timothy
Timothy
Lance (Large Truck Owner)
Woman In Lance’s Truck
Man In Lance’s Truck
Alice
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