Brendan Gleeson Tries to Charm The Doctor in 'The Grand Seduction' [Trailer]

CONTACT MUSIC
by Jack de Aguilar | 22 April 2014



With one darkly comic Irish film already receiving rave reviews, Brendan Gleeson is starring in a lightly comic Canadian one, which, by the looks of the trailer, will have exactly the same effect. Taylor Kitsch also stars in ‘The Grand Seduction’, which has a brand new trailer below.

The film sees Murray French (Gleeson) rally the troops of Tickle Cove, a picturesque harbour town, to convince a visiting doctor to stay permanently so the local factor can keep its business contract alive and provide the locals with work. But with such a motley and lazy crew, he’s got his work cut out.

Kitsch plays the exotic doctor; a Canadian visiting the small Irish town. French’s efforts to convince Kathleen (Liane Balaban) that a little flirtation (not intercourse, mind) could go a long way don’t really work, but romance blossoms anyway.

Of course, the comedic core of this charming story, which is based on based on the 2003 film Seducing Doctor Lewis (original French title La grande séduction), is the juxtaposition between the aged, haggard locals of the working class town and the youthful exuberance of the doctor.

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Irish actor Brendon Gleeson defines what it means to be Canadian at TIFF

THE STAR.COM
By: Peter Howell Movie Critic, Published on Wed Sep 11 2013

Brendan Gleeson, left, seen here with Taylor Kitsch and Gordon Pinsent in a scene from "The Grand Seduction," gave an eloquent description of what the "Canadian voice" is during a Q-and-A session following a Tuesday morning screening of the film at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Irish actor Brendan Gleeson came to the rescue Tuesday when The Grand Seduction director Don McKellar was having trouble defining Canadians.

McKellar was puzzling over an audience member’s question about “the Canadian voice” in his comic film, during a Q-and-A session following the 9 a.m. screening at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Gleeson, the film’s main star, was standing near McKellar on the stage. He jumped in to offer his own interpretation of what it means to be Canadian, something he sounds like he’d really like to be.

“I think we have to do an Ontarian remake now, because you have two provinces with vastly different cultures, and we tell the same story from both places. And they’re each separate, but it is part of what is the Canadian voice,” Gleeson said.

“I think it’s an extraordinarily rich thing and what’s important about making films of this nature is that you express and share something that’s unique culturally. And that’s really where universality comes into play most, when you know what you’re talking about.


READ THE REST OF HIS LOVELY STATEMENT HERE: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/2013/09/11/tiff_2013_irish_actor_brendon_gleeson_starring_in_the_grand_seduction_defines_what_it_means_to_be_canadian.html

Taylor Kitsch, Brendan Gleeson tapped for The Grand Seduction Film shooting in St. John's and outport N.L. communities(CBS NEWS)

Brendan Gleeson, seen at the 2012 Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, will star in the Newfoundland-shot film. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)

Young Canadian star Taylor Kitsch and accomplished Irish actor Brendan Gleeson will take the leads in The Grand Seduction, the upcoming English-language remake of the Quebec hit.

Produced announced casting news for the Don McKellar-helmed production from Los Angeles Monday afternoon.

Taylor Kitsch, seen in Los Angeles in May, will play the lead role in the upcoming English remake The Grand Seduction. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)

Based on the 2003 film La Grande Séduction (also called Seducing Dr. Lewis) penned by Ken Scott and directed by Jean-François Pouliot, the comedy follows a big-city physician who turns up in a harbour town that's in desperate need of a doctor.

There, a village leader (Gleeson) spurs the inhabitants into a campaign to seduce the young doctor (Kitsch) to settle permanently in the community, so the town can secure a factory to save it from financial ruin.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/07/31/grand-seduction-kitsch-gleeson.html