The Trotsky

2009
Not Rated
1 Std. 53 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,7/10

6433

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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3 Videos

14 Fotos

Comedy Drama

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA Montreal high school student who believes he is the reincarnation of Lev Trotskiy starts a revolution against apathy among his fellow students.A Montreal high school student who believes he is the reincarnation of Lev Trotskiy starts a revolution against apathy among his fellow students.A Montreal high school student who believes he is the reincarnation of Lev Trotskiy starts a revolution against apathy among his fellow students.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,7/10

6433

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 9 Gewinne & 8 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
The sign outside the school board building indicates that it's the "J. Parizeau English School Board", a deliberately-ludicrous name choice since Jacques Parizeau was a famous Québec sovereigntist, and a supporter of the provincial legislation that restricts access to English-language public schools.

Patzer
When Frank is telling Leon about his (Frank's) experience with protests in the U.S., his listing of events is comically inaccurate. For example, he says there were "massive demonstrations all over the U.S. during the middle of the Kennedy Administration" -- when protests over Vietnam did not begin until the Johnson Administration. He also says that "Woodstock and Patty Hearst" were contemporaneous when the Woodstock Festival was in 1969 and Patty Hearst was kidnapped in 1974.

Zitate
Eli Bronstein: How does it feel making your family the biggest laughingstock of the city?
Leon: Half the city, Eli. The French don't care.

Crazy Credits
After credits a usually confused Leon is seen walking up to a bench and sitting on it in a jump suit.

Verbindungen
References Das zauberhafte Land (1939)

Soundtracks
ABC's
Written by K'Naan (as Keiman Warsame), Gerald Eaton, Brian West
Sony ATV Music Publishing, Mawga Dawg Inc., World West Music Inc.
Performed by K'Naan
Under license from Universal Music Canada Inc.

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Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

7/10

Pretty good in general

I enjoyed The Trotsky, most of it anyway. I liked the fact that it doesn't take its audience as complete illiterate and assumes that you would catch some of the historic references. I prefer that than having everything spelled out for me. Jay Baruchel is just creepy enough, without becoming really scary in his obsession with being the real Leon Trotsky. I was rather uncomfortable with the relationship with Alexandra; that was one of the drawbacks of the movie. I loved the portrayal of Montreal with the English and the French intermingling in conversation and everyday life - even if it's not at all the main point of the movie. My main critic would go to Geneviève Bujold, who plays a commissioner of the school board, or something like that. I don't think I've ever seen such overacting before. She was awful. I always heard people say how she was a great actress, well, I did not see that here. I could not stop thinking how bad she was every time she was opening her mouth. Even every gesture she was making was over the top. Anyways, she doesn't have a huge role, so it didn't really spoil the movie. All in all, I enjoyed it and I would see it again.