Could you send Canada to war on the advice… of your intern?
When a backbenching MP from rural Quebec finds himself the sole decider in whether Canada goes to war, he turns to his democratically savvy Haitian intern for advice in navigating the absurd theatre that is parliamentary democracy, in the film My Internship in Canada, screening at the Cochrane Movie House Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. as part of the Chinook Film Group lineup.
After a Conservative MP falls ill while a Tory minority government tries to pass a bill to send the country to war, the decision turns to the vote of independent MP Steve Guibord, a has-been former hockey player who couldn’t make it big.
With the government, the opposition and his own wife and daughter all vying to win his vote, Guibord looks to a politically astute new intern, Souverain, from Haiti to decide the country’s course.
Directed by Oscar-nominated Philippe Falardeau and starring Patrick Huard, Irdens Exantus, Suzanne Clement and Clemence Dufresne-Desličres, this satirical look at Canadian politicking and national discourse offers a hilarious if poignant view of the machinations of Parliament Hill.
The film made the rounds at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Tickets are $10 and are available at The Gentry and Tea and Other Things.
