A LYRIC POEM

  Imagine a surreal narrative, without dialogue, in a style reminiscent of the twenties silent era and seen through the lens of moving voyeuristic camera that records the odd whereabouts of an unseemly group of marginal tenants such as: an aging homosexual and his drug-addicted lover, a couple of fitness-freak yuppies, an eccentric black lady and her son, a punkish crazy diva and other bizarre, incongruous characters.

Watch them unravel in anarchy while they fight against the foul manoeuvres of an ingenious but nasty landlord who wants them evicted once and for all.

The viewers ask themselves all sorts of questions about this film: "What am I watching?", "What's going on in this film?". This is a film that either makes you leave the theater or keeps you riveted to your seat until the end.

"Jewels in the garbage" and "The soundtrack...is an accomplishment on its own." and "...those who are attuned to the madly unconventional, will probably be entranced..."

Jay Scott, The Globe and Mail

"EVIXION...is alert, funny, unexpected and, at the same time, very structured, astonishingly rigorous."

Michel Euvrard, Cinema Canada

"Une telle frÈnÈsie, une telle dÈpense d'Ènergie, une telle gÈnÈrositÈ libertaire..." ("Such frenzy, such energy, such generosity...")

Thierry Horguelin, Continuum

"...rabid sense of alienation."

JosÈ Arroyo, Cinema Canada

"...an infuriating experimental film...for seekers after esoteric film making."

Variety

  

STARRING:
CLAIRE NADON, ROLAND SMITH, KENNON RAINES, PIERRE CURZI, PIOTR LYSAK, DAPHNA KASTNER, JEAN-CLAUDE GINGRAS, SUZANNE STARK, MARK BERUBE, DANUSHA HART, MICHELLE DEVILLE, ERIC GREGOR PIERCE, PIERRE RANCOURT, CAROLE IADELUCA, DALOURS THORNHILL, KATHY ORNER, FRANCOIS GIROUX, SEAMUS WHEELAN, ACHRAF CHBIB, BRIGITTE HUPPEN, ARMAND MONROE

SCREENPLAY:
BASHAR SHBIB, CLAIRE NADON, DAPHNA KASTNER, STEPHEN REIZES

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
DAVID WELLINGTON

CAMERA:
SYLVAIN GINGRAS

SOUND:
DOUG TAYLOR, MARIE-CLAUDE GAGNE

MUSIC:
FRANCOIS GIROUX, LIVER AND JEAN LEBOEUF, JEAN-NOÀL BODO

SOPRANO:
SUSAN EYTON-JONES

PIANO:
PAUL STUART

PRODUCED, DIRECTED AND EDITED BY:
BASHAR SHBIB