Octavio Is Dead!

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Octavio Is Dead!
Directed bySook-Yin Lee
Written bySook-Yin Lee
Produced byJennifer Weiss
Simone Urdl
Jamie Manning
StarringSarah Gadon
Rosanna Arquette
Raoul Trujillo
CinematographyDaniel Grant
Music byAlia O'Brien
Adam Litovitz
Sook-Yin Lee
Production
company
The Film Farm
Release date
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Octavio Is Dead! is a 2018 Canadian supernatural drama film written and directed by Sook-Yin Lee. It premiered on June 2, 2018 at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival[1] before going into theatrical release on June 22.[2]

The film stars Sarah Gadon as Tyler, a young woman who unexpectedly inherits all of her estranged father Octavio's (Raoul Trujillo) possessions after his death. Over the objections of her domineering mother Joan (Rosanna Arquette), she goes to the apartment, only to discover that her father is still present there as a ghost who leads her through a complex exploration of her sexual and personal identity.[3] While wearing her father's clothes, she meets and becomes attracted to Apostolis (Dimitris Kitsos), a gay university student who perceives her as a man.[2]

Reception

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The film received four Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for Best Cinematography (Daniel Grant), Best Art Direction or Production Design (Elisa Sauve), Best Costume Design (Hanna Puley) and Best Original Song (Lee, Adam Litovitz and Alia O'Brien for "Ghost of Love (Onakabazien Remix)".[5]

The film had its television premiere on July 20, 2019 on CBC Television.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Inside Out announces 2018 lineup". Now, May 4, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Chandler Levack, "Sook-Yin Lee and Canada’s new queer cinema". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "Octavio is Dead prepped for T.O. shoot". Playback, January 19, 2017.
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  5. ^ "2019 Canadian Screen Awards lean toward Quebec and the obscure, and thank goodness for that". The Globe and Mail, February 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "CBC Films Celebrates Canadian Features This Summer". Channel Canada, July 13, 2019.
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