This Beautiful City (2007)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Aaron Poole

Johnny

Kristin Booth

Pretty

Caroline Cave

Carol

Noam Jenkins

Harry

Kat Germain

Zoe

Tony Nappo

Crack

Jack Murray

Waiter

Christopher Cordell

Green Jacket Jock

Kevin Hanchard

Father

Stuart Hughes

Peter

Marvin Ishmael

Bill

Director & Crew

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