About the Film
Your local dive bar is probably the last place you'd expect to get rich quick. But that's what the regulars at a bar called Good Eats are hoping for when they find out that one of their own, Foggy, is on the run with a bag of money from a botched drug deal. With cross-crossing story lines and high stakes black comedy, Junkie Run follows the intertwined, desperate lives of seven distinct characters. Each has their reasons for wanting - and needing - the money.
Foggy is on the run with a bag of money
There's Jimmy, a recent immigrant who is desperately trying to finance his family's sponsorship to Canada. Shane, another regular, is unemployed, expecting a child, and willing to do anything to prove he's a capable father - even if the means are illicit. Barb's a gambling addict and the primary caregiver for her grandson Troy, who has special needs. Jelly and Skim Milk, aspiring rap artists, want to build a proper studio to record their first album. And then there's Bernice, a dreamer who sees the money as a way to fulfill her fantasy of moving to Hollywood with David, her fallen celebrity boyfriend with ambitions to walk the red carpet again. Each of these eccentric characters find community in the eclectic, anything-goes atmosphere that Good Eats provides.
But the solace their local dive bar provides is quickly shattered by the desperation that runs deep through each of its regulars. Soon, greed takes over, especially as word spreads and more people join the race to find Foggy - and hopefully get their hands on some of his cash. Between the scheming, backstabbing, and lying, alliances are broken just as fast as they are formed. The stakes are raised higher and higher with each day Foggy is on the run, leaving behind a trail of destruction and bloodshed.
Written and directed by the acclaimed Canadian director Kire Paputts, Junkie Run is a dark comedy that shows the gritty side of Ontario through the rich diversity of its ensemble characters.
Cast & Crew
MAIN CREW
Producer: Mariana Suzuki, Kire Paputts, Jason Donville
Executive Producer: Colin Brunton
Director of Photography: Paul Maxwell
Production Designer: Justin Reu
Costume Designer: Cassandra Phillips-Grande Key
Make Up: Linda-Marie Civichino
Editor: Michael Pierro
Post Production Sound: Lucas Prokaziuk
Composer: Devon Goldberg
MAIN CAST
Shane: Nathanael Chadwick
Loser: Paul Kobak
Jimmy: Ming Sen Xu
Skim Milk: Cody Cliff
Barb: Mickey Skin
Jelly: Jelly TooFly
Bernice: Zaahira Joseph
Troy: Dylan Harman
David: David Bronstein
Foggy: Ryan Giesen
George: Michael Dent