We Had It Coming is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Paul Barbeau and released in 2019.[1] The film stars Natalie Krill as Anna, a security guard working in a grade school who sets out to Montreal with her girlfriend Olivia (Alexia Fast) to investigate her younger sister Katja's (Sofie Holland) suicide after being recruited into a prostitution ring, only to end up ironically in a cat and mouse chase with a female recruiter (Erin Agostino) who grooms young girls for pimp Jack (Nabil Khatib).[2]
| We Had It Coming | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Paul Barbeau |
| Written by | Paul Barbeau |
| Produced by | Paul Barbeau Melissa A. Smith |
| Starring | Natalie Krill Alexia Fast Erin Agostino |
| Cinematography | Benoit Jones-Vallée |
| Edited by | Laurent Bernier |
| Music by | Daniel Birch |
Production companies | Reprise Films Fairmount Films |
| Distributed by | MK2 Mile End |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The film was originally conceived by Barbeau as centred around a male protagonist, but he subsequently decided to complete the screenplay with a woman for the lead role instead.[3]
The film premiered at the 2019 Whistler Film Festival,[4] before going into commercial release in 2020.[5]
At Whistler, Krill was one of four recipients, alongside Andrew Dunbar, Ryan McDonald and Andrea Stefancikova, of the Stars to Watch award.[1] The film had its international premiere at the Prague International Film Festival (Febiofest) in the Panorama section.
References
edit- ^ a b Charles-Henri Ramond, "We Had It Coming – Film de Paul Barbeau". Films du Québec, September 13, 2020.
- ^ Bradley Gibson, "We Had It Coming". Film Threat, September 19, 2020.
- ^ John Hopewell, "Cannes Festival: Media Luna Takes ‘We Had It Coming,’ ‘The Friendly Man’". Variety, April 23, 2019.
- ^ Victor Stiff, "Whistler Film Festival Announces 2019 Line-up". That Shelf, November 6, 2019.
- ^ François Lévesque, "«We Had it Coming»: la chasse au monstre". Le Devoir, September 18, 2020.
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