Oh, Canada

About Oh, Canada

Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.

Oh, Canada (2024) is a drama film directed by Paul Schrader. Richard Gere takes the lead as Leo Fife, Uma Thurman as Emma, Jacob Elordi as Young Leo Fife, and Michael Imperioli as Malcolm.

At 94 minutes long, it arrived in December 2024. Written by Paul Schrader. It comes from Arclight Films, Carte Blanche, and Exemplary Films. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under cancer, portrait of an artist, vietnam war, and memory. It streams on Kino Film Collection in the United States. It scores 5.7 out of 10 from 105 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

The Wife, Once Upon a Time in America, and We Were Soldiers make useful companions to Oh, Canada, all filed under 1960s, husband wife relationship, and infidelity.