Weirdos

Release date: March 17, 2017 (limited)
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 1h 24m
Rating: PG
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Synopsis

Summer 1976. Kit (Dylan Authors), 15, is bored in the small Nova Scotia town where he lives with his father (Allan Hawco) and grandmother (Cathy Jones). He want to travel to Sydney, where he believes he'll enjoy a more glamorous life. He convinces his girlfriend Alice (Julia Sara Stone) to join him. They tell their parents they're staying at a friends house then, set off hitchhiking to the city where his artistic mother Laura (Molly Parker) lives.

Kit and Alice accept a ride from a carload of teens, but when Kit gets overly friendly with a gay teen named Leo (Max Humphreys), Alice decides on an abrupt change of plan. Meanwhile, Kit enjoys conversing with his imaginary friend, Andy Warhol (Rhys Bevan-John), who calls himself Kit's "spirit animal."

Canadian Connection: Filmed in Nova Scotia with a Canadian cast and crew.