Oh, Canada (2024)

NR12/06/2024Drama1h 34m

Overview

Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.

Top Billed Cast

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    Richard Gere

    Leo Fife

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    Uma Thurman

    Emma / Gloria

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    Jacob Elordi

    Young Leo Fife

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    Michael Imperioli

    Malcolm

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    Victoria Hill

    Diana

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    Caroline Dhavernas

    Rene

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    Penelope Mitchell

    Sloan Ambrose / Amy

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    Kristine Froseth

    Alicia Fife

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    Megan Mackenzie

    Amanda

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