Hungry Hills

Credits

Based upon the novel by
George Ryga

Screenplay
Gary Fisher

Director
Rob King

Producers
Rhonda Baker
Avi Federgreen
Rob King
Gary Fisher

Executive Producers
Jennifer Jonas
Leonard Farlinger
Gerard Demaer

Cast
Keir Gilchrist
Alexander De Jordy
John Pyper-Ferguson
Gabrielle Rose
Alexia Fast
Cavan Cunningham

Synopsis

In 1950 after two years in a home for boys, Snit Mandolin, 15, returns home to the hill country. Faced with a community that shuns him and unable to scratch a living from his Aunt's fading farm, Snit falls in with Johnny Swift, 16, another outcast. Johnny makes moonshine for the townspeople who want no part of them. As the boys work together they become fast friends. Inseparable and triumphant.

The adventure is interrupted by enigmatic and unpredictable Roy Kane, the district's private cop. A cat and mouse game with the boys begins.

Dogged by Kane, betrayed by a bootlegger, the boys' partnership ends, their bond of friendship broken. Alone once more in a community that rejects them, Snit and Johnny are at a crossroads.

Status

Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival 2009 - Canada First