This Beautiful City 17 years old

Friday night in Toronto’s lower west end. Chatter from a dinner party in Harry and Carol’s nouveau riche condo drifts through an open balcony door, as two freebase cokeheads, Pretty and Johnny, have a party on their own in the alley below. As the dinner guests leave, the hostess is nowhere to be found. Until, a wet thud and a sharp scream rise up to the balcony. Pretty stares in horror at Carol’s body, splayed on the alley floor, as Harry screams for help from above. The sharp burst of police sirens sends the cokeheads running as Peter, a middle aged police officer, sprints from his cruiser to check Carol’s vitals. Rocket forward three months and these five disparate lives begin to cataclysmically intersect through weaving multi-narrative story arcs that release spurts and geysers of long-suppressed sexuality and aggression. Beautiful things can happen when you hit rock bottom.

Credits

This Beautiful City Cast

Name Character
Tony Nappo He was 58, now 74 years old as Crack
Aaron Poole He was 30, now 47 years old as Johnny
Kristin Booth She was 33, now 50 years old as Pretty
Caroline Cave She was 33, now 50 years old as Carol
Noam Jenkins He was 24, now 40 years old as Harry
Christopher Cordell as Green Jacket Jock
Kat Germain as Zoe

This Beautiful City Crew

Name Department
Aaron Poole as Producer. He was 30 (now 47) years old Production
Ed Gass-Donnelly as Director. He was 30 (now 47) years old Directing
Ed Gass-Donnelly as Producer. He was 30 (now 47) years old Production
Ed Gass-Donnelly as Writer. He was 30 (now 47) years old Writing
Sara Kay as Casting. Production
This Beautiful City (17 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
  • Runtime: 85 minutes