THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS

Tragic Comedy/ 80 min / Completed

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TIFF 07 SCREENING TIMES + INFO

Berlinale Film Festival

15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is naked under a tattered shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he's a dog.Tracey's journey leads us into the dark underbelly of the city, into the emotional cesspool of her home, through the brutality of her high school, the clinical cat and mouse games with her shrink, and her soaring fantasies of Billy Zero - her boyfriend and rock'n'roll savior. Tracey's stories begin to intertwine truth with lies, hope with despair, as we move closer to to the truth of Sonny's disappearance.

THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS is a stirring tragic comedy and a 21st-century CATCHER IN THE RYE, told in a dazzling pop-art fashion. The film employs multi-frame editing to startling effect, pushing the boundaries of cinematic language to get inside the heart and mind of Tracey Berkowitz.

Starring Ellen Page

Directed by Bruce McDonald