NORTH OF NORMAL Trailer (2023) Sarah Gadon, River price-Maenpaa, Drama Movie

NORTH OF NORMAL Trailer (2023) Sarah Gadon, River price-Maenpaa, Drama Movie

NORTH OF NORMAL Trailer (2023) Sarah Gadon, River price-Maenpaa, Drama Movie
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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first clip from North of Normal, the latest film from Canadian filmmaker Carly Stone set to debut at the Toronto Film Festival.

Based on her 2014 memoir of the same, the film follows writer Cea Sunrise Person’s unconventional childhood in the wilderness, her complicated relationship with her perpetually pot-smoking teen mom, and her incredible path to a version of normalcy on the runways of Paris.

Sarah Gadon stars in the flick alongside James D’Arcy, Amanda Fix, River Price-Maenpaa, Benedict Samuel, and Robert Carlyle.

The film is written by Alexandra Weir. Kyle Mann is producing alongside Jonathan Bronfman. Executive producers are Joel Reilly, Patrick Patterson, Sarah Gadon, Rob Connolly, Michael Risley, Adrian Love, Noah Segal, Berry Meyerowitz, and Jeff Sackman. Weir was previously a creature technical director on movies including The Avengers and Rango.

Additional credits include cinematography by David Jones, music by Electric Youth, editing by Orlee Buium, production design by Alexis DeBad, costume design by Crystal Silden, and casting by Caitlin Well.

Aqute Media is handling worldwide sales. The flick is also one of the first sales titles handled by Range Media Partners’ sales division Range Select

Discussing her motivation to make the film, director Carly Stone said she read Person’s memoir in one sitting and instantly saw how the story could be translated to the big screen.

“I was immediately captivated by her world and the characters that populated it,” she said. “I was filled with what felt like endless inspiration to bring this visually rich and emotionally charged story to the screen.”

Stone is best known for her directorial debut The New Romantic, which premiered in the Narrative Competition at the SXSW Festival 2018 where it won Special Jury Recognition for Best First Feature. She has also written on the CBC comedy Kim’s Convenience.

North of Normal debuts screens in the Contemporary Work Cinema section at TIFF.