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The setting of this movie is in modern day Canada in the Montreal area and the central character is Leon, played by actor Jay Baruchel who claims to be the reincarnation of Leon Trosky. The movie starts off when he is doing a summer gig at his father’s factory and protests the working conditions. As the fallout continues, he is banished from a privileged private boarding school to finish his last year of high school at the large public high school. In the meantime, while seeking legal representation, he bumps into 27 year old hot shot young attorney Alexandra, who he immediately recognizes as the women he is destined for based on Trosky’s own history of marrying a woman 9 years his senior named Alexandra. Emily Hampshire who plays the part of Alexandra really comes off well as the sharp cookie vibrant young attorney who has an offsetting vulnerable side to romantic charms that she is fighting hard to resist. While this movie is mostly a comedy, drama does unfold as he begins try and rally students out of either apathy or boredom to form a viable union with the school. The press gets involved with full scale television coverage of the efforts. There are some brief flashback scenes to Mother Russia and some music from the era of Trosky. This movie is quite funny throughout without going into the typical teen low brow humor that so permeates films in the high school college settings. The question of the movie is are the students in the throes of a mass disengaged apathy or is it just boredom where the fires can be rekindled and if they have more of a voice in the decisions and processes involved will they wake up to something new and more engaging to their native talent and abilities. Lead actor Jay Baruchel plays the part of Leon so well that the story holds throughout and despite a touch of nerd he is also fairly dynamic all through the movie as well in quite an interesting blend of characterizations. It was quite an interesting blend for the main character and the movie also cross pollinated well with different age groups getting involved. The romantic aspects involved in the movie also resonated on screen. The Tribeca audience seemed really thrilled with this movie and it seems to have high potential for a box office extravaganza. The writer director Jacob Tierney as well as some of the cast was present at the Q and A afterwards. Mr. Tierney said the film will be released widely in Canada in two weeks and will also be released in Russia which has an interest in the film. Mr. Tierney said he had been interested in the writings of Trotsky and this served as inspiration for the script which moves tautly and in a nice weave. A lot of the secondary characters in this movie were excellent and the overall feel for this film is for a possible hit on the broad markets.
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