Retrograde (2022 Canadian film)

Retrograde
Directed byAdrian Murray
Written byAdrian Murray
Produced byPriscilla Galvez
Adrian Murray
Sennah Yee
StarringMolly Reisman
Sofia Banzhaf
CinematographyJohn Palanca
Edited byMarcus Sullivan
Release date
Running time
74 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Retrograde is a Canadian drama film, directed by Adrian Murray and released in 2022.[1] The film stars Molly Reisman as a young woman persistently fighting a traffic ticket she incurred while helping her new roommate Gabrielle (Sofia Banzhaf) move in, despite the advice of everybody around her to just pay the fine and move on.[2]

The cast also includes Bessie Cheng, Erik Anderson, Anne Archer, Peter Frangella, Meredith Heinrich, Meelad Moaphi, Joanne Steven and Dean Tardioli.

The film premiered at the 2022 Slamdance Film Festival,[1] where it received an honorable mention from the Breakouts feature award jury.[3] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2023 Canadian Film Festival,[2] where Murray won the award for Best Director.[4]

  1. ^ a b Bradley Gibson, "Retrograde". Film Threat, February 1, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Rachel Ho, "'Retrograde' Is Barely a Movie, and It's Great". Exclaim!, May 14, 2023.
  3. ^ Patrick Hipes, "2022 Slamdance Winners Include ‘The Civil Dead,’ ‘Hannah Ha Ha’ And ‘Forget Me Not’". Deadline Hollywood, February 4, 2022.
  4. ^ Kelly Townsend, "Babysitter wins Best Feature at 2023 Canadian Film Fest". Playback, April 3, 2023.