City on Fire
Anything is possible!
Genres
Overview
Comedian James Mullinger discovers vibrancy and growth in his new home town of Saint John, New Brunswick.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
44 min
Release Date
2016-09-17
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
9
James Mullinger
Himself
0.0
Glenn Gould: Extasis
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6.0
Mambo Italiano
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2003-06-06 | en
0.0
Living on the Edge: The Poetic Works of Gérald Leblanc
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2005-09-01 | fr
0.0
A Sun Like Nowhere Else
A film that witnesses the Acadian awakening and the unprecedented popular awareness that manifested itself in 1972 in northeastern New Brunswick.
1972-03-01 | fr
0.0
The Dionne Quintuplets
In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one years of strange upbringing. When the girls were just infants, the premier of Ontario issued a court order removing them from parental care. Cut off from the world and their family, over-publicized, viewed twice daily in a special viewing compound, they grew up as prize exhibits. Director Donald Brittain uses old newsreel footage, home-movie sequences and interviews to depict a historic event that became a tragic exploitation of a family.
1978-11-19 | en
7.5
The Braid
India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her father’s workshop. When he has an accident, she discovers that the family business is ruined. Canada. Sarah, a successful lawyer, is about to be promoted to the head of her firm when she learns that she is ill. Three lives, three women, three continents. Three battles to fight. Although they don’t know each other, Smita, Giulia and Sarah are unknowingly linked by their most intimate and singular bond.
2023-11-29 | en
8.7
The Whale and the Raven
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2019-09-05 | en
6.0
Better Than Chocolate
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1999-07-08 | en
6.4
Bon Cop Bad Cop
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2006-07-06 | fr
6.6
Last Night
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
1998-10-23 | en
6.5
Hard Core Logo
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1996-10-11 | en
6.9
The Last Casino
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2004-06-26 | en
6.7
Home Team
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7.0
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7.1
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0.0
My Enemy, My Brother
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6.5
Asterix vs. Caesar
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5.6
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0.0
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7.1
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