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Broke.
78 minutes | 17 or older | 2009 | 
Canada
Comedies / Documentaries / Foreign / IndieFlix Official Selections
Broke.
SynopsisSet in a pawnshop, this cinema verite masterpiece tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a cynic pawnbroker and his sweet but psychopathic assistant. Broke is a complex, powerful cinema verite account of the day to day life in a pawnshop. The documentary gives us an intimate glimpse into a world most of us luckily do not have to know. Although often as funny and surprising as a sitcom, it bluntly points to the hardships and desperations of the marginalized. As the pawnbroker states: "You don't see it in your rarefied living conditions, you don't see how the poor people live, unless you come here. Tragic some of it."
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Directed by
Rosie Dransfeld -
Written by
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Produced by
Rosie Dransfeld - Broke. Website
Written by: Rosie Dransfeld
Produced by: Rosie Dransfeld
Cast
: David Woolfson: Chris Hoard
Crew
Commissioning Editor: Jane JankovicMusic: Louis Sedmark
Music: Van Wilmott
Cinematographer: Sergio Olivares
Film Editor: Scott Parker
Production Manager: Rosie Dransfeld
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Perry Blackman
Sound : Ashley Chugg
Sound : Philip Dransfeld
Sound : Carey Opper
Still Photographer: Dustin Delf
Additional Camera: Mike Ouellette
Production Assistant: Philip Dransfeld
Independent Production Officer: TVO: Linda Fong
"One of the best movies of the year... extraordinary." - Jesse Wente, CBC film critic
Calgary International Film Festival (Calgary, Canada) -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Vancouver International Film Festival -- Official Selection (Nominated)
Yorkton Documentary Festival -- Best Documentary Feature (Nominated)
Best social-political documentary of 2010. Won the prestigious Donald Brittain Award.
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Director
Rosie Dransfeld
