The Lesser Blessed is described as a powerful coming-of-age story about a Native teenager balancing his romantic heart with a dark past that threatens to unravel his life. The movie is actually an adaptation of Richard Van Camp‘s novel of the same name, and comes from director Anita Doron. Today, we’re here to share the official trailer and some pretty cool images from the whole thing, hope you’ll like it!
The Lesser Blessed features a largely Canadian cast including Joel Evans, Chloe Rose, Kiowa Gordon, and Benjamin Bratt, and tells the story of Larry Sole – a teenage metalhead living on a First Nations reserve in the Northwest Territories who grapples with the challenges of adolescence.
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Larry is a Tlicho Indian growing up in the small northern town of Fort Simmer. His tongue, hallucinations and fantasies are hotter than the centre of the sun. At sixteen, he loves heavy metal music, the North and Juliet Hope, the high school “hottie”. When Johnny Beck, a Métis from Hay River, moves to town, Larry is ready for almost anything. Skinny as spaghetti, nervy and self-deprecating, Larry is an appealing mixture of bravado and vulnerability. His past holds many terrors: an abusive father, and an accident that almost killed him. But through his friendship with Johnny, and his lust for Juliet, he’s ready now to face his memories — and his future.
The rest of the cast also includes Spencer Van Wyck, Tamara Podemski, Jacob Neayem, David Boyce, Lucius Hoyos and Dylan Cook.
The movie is still without an official release date in US, but as usual – we’ll keep you updated!
