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A popular undergrad faking cancer struggles to maintain her secret.A popular undergrad faking cancer struggles to maintain her secret.A popular undergrad faking cancer struggles to maintain her secret.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 10 nominations
Thomas Antony Olajide
- Jabari Jordan
- (as Thomas Olajide)
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- TriviaThe character of Katie Arneson was not based upon any one person, but was inspired by a handful of high-profile cases.
- Quotes
Katie Arneson: I need a copy of my medical records.
Owen: That's easy to get, your doctor...
Katie Arneson: I need to make some changes to them.
Owen: Do you have the originals?
Katie Arneson: No.
Owen: You need them from scratch?
Katie Arneson: Yeah, I need ones made.
Owen: You need faked medical records?
Katie Arneson: Yeah. Can you do it?
- ConnectionsFeatured in 2020 Canadian Screen Awards for Cinematic Arts (2020)
- SoundtracksThe Cycle/The Spiral: Time to Go Down Slowly
Written by Matt Tong, Lee Tesche, John Mahan, Franklin James Fisher and Jos Wos
Performed by Algiers
Courtesy of Matador Records by arrangement with Beggars Group Media
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Smart, subtle and unique.
It would have been easy to produce a film with this premise and provide a cut-out 'mean girl' as the central character. Thankfully the writers and producers here are much smarter and have given us something quite unique.
Kacey Rohl's performance as Katie Arneson is brilliant. Morally her behaviour is appalling, but is played with such subtlety that I found myself strangely sympathetic.
She is obviously mentally ill, whether by whim of fate or something darker in her past. Her increasingly desperate attempts to keep the lie alive do not feel evil or driven by avarice, but by the need to hold on to the acceptance and love she finds with her 'diagnosis'.
The film lacks the usual Hollywood trappings and as such feels like an almost documentary-like record of a period in Katie's life. Be prepared to be thrown into the story (and out of it again) with almost no exposition or explanation and certainly no satisfying 'gotcha!' ending.
Overall a teriffic piece of work by all involved, which I highly recommend.
Kacey Rohl's performance as Katie Arneson is brilliant. Morally her behaviour is appalling, but is played with such subtlety that I found myself strangely sympathetic.
She is obviously mentally ill, whether by whim of fate or something darker in her past. Her increasingly desperate attempts to keep the lie alive do not feel evil or driven by avarice, but by the need to hold on to the acceptance and love she finds with her 'diagnosis'.
The film lacks the usual Hollywood trappings and as such feels like an almost documentary-like record of a period in Katie's life. Be prepared to be thrown into the story (and out of it again) with almost no exposition or explanation and certainly no satisfying 'gotcha!' ending.
Overall a teriffic piece of work by all involved, which I highly recommend.
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- therealdaklone
- Jul 23, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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