Soft Shell Man


1h 42m 2001

Brief Synopsis

Alex is a globe-trotting underwater photographer in his early thirties, but with a compulsive need to be liked which gives him the air of perpetual adolescence. After a diving accident in which he briefly loses consciousness, he is thrown off kilter, a situation not helped when he is forced to make

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Astral Films; Canadian Broadcasting Company (Cbc); SociTtT Radio Canada; Sodec; TTlTfilm Canada
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 42m

Synopsis

Alex is a globe-trotting underwater photographer in his early thirties, but with a compulsive need to be liked which gives him the air of perpetual adolescence. After a diving accident in which he briefly loses consciousness, he is thrown off kilter, a situation not helped when he is forced to make a reluctant stopover in Montreal. Once there, his tendency to ladle on the charm without discrimination means that in less than a week he is involved in a complicated series of relationships, romantic and otherwise.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Astral Films; Canadian Broadcasting Company (Cbc); SociTtT Radio Canada; Sodec; TTlTfilm Canada
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 42m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States November 9, 2001

Released in United States 2001

Released in United States November 2001

Released in United States January 2002

Released in United States January 2003

Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 27 - October 12, 2001.

Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) November 7-22, 2001.

Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.

Began shooting August 28, 2000.

Completed shooting October 30, 2000.

Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) November 7-22, 2001.)

Released in United States November 9, 2001

Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.)

Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 27 - October 12, 2001.)

Released in United States January 2002 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 10-20, 2002.)