The Twentieth Century (film)

The Twentieth Century
Film poster
Directed byMatthew Rankin
Written byMatthew Rankin
Produced byGabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
Ménaïc Raoul
StarringDan Beirne
Catherine St-Laurent
Louis Negin
Brent Skagford
CinematographyVincent Biron
Edited byMatthew Rankin
Music byChristophe Lamarche-Ledoux
Peter Venne
Production
company
Voyelles Films
Distributed byOscilloscope Pictures
Release date
  • September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Twentieth Century is a 2019 Canadian surrealist black comedy film written and directed by Matthew Rankin in his directorial debut.[1] The film presents a fictionalized portrait of the rise to power of former Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King as played by Dan Beirne.[2] It won three Canadian Screen Awards.

  1. ^ Duchesne, André (July 29, 2019). "Le premier long métrage de Matthew Rankin au FNC". La Presse. Archived from the original on August 22, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "Oscilloscope heads to The Twentieth Century". Playback. August 2, 2019. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019.