90 minutes – Thriller
Release date: December 7, 2007
Canadian distributor: Mongrel Media
Late one night, from a roadside convenience store where she works, Alberta (Leelee Sobieski) escapes an abusive relationship by hiding on a bus and taking it wherever it is going. The destination turns out to be Vancouver, where Alberta only knows one person – Celene (Tricia Helfer), a woman who used to babysit her when she was younger. Although Celene is not overjoyed to have Alberta unexpectedly drop in on her, she agrees to let her stay. She lands a job at a local supermarket, but it pays nowhere what Celene makes as a full-time dominatrix – three hundred dollars an hour. Thinking it could be a way she can make some fast cash, she selects a potential client only to find out he is being pursued by three very bad men who will stop at nothing to retrieve a large sum of their money they believe he has stolen. Alberta suddenly finds herself both in the middle and in the way.
Also see: A review of Walk All Over Me
Also see: An interview with director Robert Cuffley
Carolyn McMaster
Robert Cuffley
Jason Long
Norayr Kasper
Ken Filewych
Mike Shields
Leelee Sobieski
Tricia Helfer
Lothaire Bluteau
Jacob Tierney
Michael Eklund
Michael Adamthwaite
Ross McMillan
Sarah Constible
Mike Bell
Nicolas Oullette
Blake Taylor
Darren Wall
Omar Khan
Graham Ashmore
Rick Skene
Manfred Maretzki
Jeff Wahl
Darcy Fehr
Wade Poplawski
Daniel Skene
Alberta
Celine
René
Paul
Aaron
Isaac
Spencer
Penelope
Raymond
Trent
Pat
Man on TV #1
Man on TV #2
Man on TV #3
Store Manager
Bus Driver
Waiter
Scarred Man
Stock Boy
Stock Boy
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