The High Cost of Living (2010)

Director:

Deborah Chow

Writers:

Joseane Brunelle (translation)
Tristan Tondino (translation)
(more)

Release Date:

22 April 2011 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The story of a young, pregnant woman whose world falls apart when she loses her child in a hit and run accident...

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Isabelle Blais	...	Nathalie
Zach Braff	...	Henry Welles
Patrick Labbé	...	Michel
Julian Lo	...	Johnny
Aimee Lee	...	Wai Lin (as Aimée Lee)
Pierre Gendron	...	Detective Lambert
Sean Lu	...	Kenny
Anick Lemay	...	Julie
Nicole Braber	...	Lille
Graham Cuthbertson	...	Ian
Mylene Savoie	...	Anna
Tony Robinow	...	Dr. Rosen
Joujou Turenne	...	Nurse 1
Kyle Switzer	...	Eli
Ian Finlay	...	Paul
Shan Chetty	...	Martin
Anik Matern	...	Urban Wife
Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles	...	Student (as Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon)
Paul-Antoine Taillefer	...	Medical Resident
Karine Lavergne	...	Pascale
Matthew McKay	...	Gavin
Patrick John Costello	...	Hipster (as Patrick Costello)
Nicole Jones	...	Isabelle
Qamar Abbas	...	New Father
Susan Bain	...	Nurse 2
Paula Jean Hixson	...	Olivia
Valérie Ouimet-Chiriaeff	...	Sarah
William Phan	...	Teenage Boy
Richard Robitaille	...	Urban Bartender
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maximilien Garneau-Pillet	...	Johnny's Friend

Directed by
Deborah Chow

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joseane Brunelle		translation
Deborah Chow		written by
Tristan Tondino		translation

Produced by
Kim Berlin	....	producer
Heidi Levitt	....	executive producer
Susan Schneir	....	producer

Original Music by
Normand Corbeil

Cinematography by
Claudine Sauvé

Film Editing by
Jonathan Alberts
Benjamin Duffield

Casting by
Heidi Levitt

Production Design by
Susan C. MacQuarrie

Makeup Department
Jessica Heeren	....	makeup artist
Melissa Purino	....	key makeup artist
Rocco Stallone	....	hair stylist
Hanna Yee	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Karl Archambault	....	unit manager
Diandra Yoselevitz	....	production manager

Sound Department
Sophie Cloutier	....	sound trainee
Philippe Mercier	....	sound mixer
Bruno Pucella	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Dean Lewis	....	visual effects artist

Stunts
Stéphane Lefebvre	....	stunt coordinator (stunt double)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Auclair	....	best boy grip
Philippe Bossé	....	additional still photographer
Michel R. Carron	....	gaffer
Alexandre Gazé	....	electrician
Simon Hébert	....	key grip
Serge Larouche	....	best boy electric
D.J. Matrundola	....	electrician
Raphaël Simard	....	electrician
Jan Thijs	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Johanne Titley	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Claude-Sophie Barsalo-lacoursière	....	assistant editor
Dean Lewis	....	colorist

Music Department
John Barrett	....	assistant score mixing engineer
John Barrett	....	assistant scoring engineer
Andy Brown	....	conductor
Andy Brown	....	contractor
Diandra Yoselevitz	....	music supervisor

Production Companies

• Suki Films

Distributors

• Filmoption International (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Kinosmith (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Tribeca Film (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Filmoption International (2010) (worldwide) (all media)

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Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | French | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:14A (Alberta/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec)

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Suki Films

Quotes:

Nathalie:[about playing hopscotch] This is ridiculous.
Henry Welles:So is life.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Conan: The Awkward Product Placement. Swiffer (#1.89)" (2011)

Cost of Living covers all possible bases

This riveting film is not your typical redemption movie, though you see in a realistic fashion the main character searching for it diligently. Zach Braff plays a man without boundaries or concern for consequence who is suddenly arrested by his own poor choices. The story follows relationships between people who connect, but, just like real life, not quite perfectly. You see the cost of these relationships, and how sometimes there is no pay off. I loved the character development and entire mood of the film. Braff, who I watched religiously on "Scrubs" is phenomenal and unrecognizable from previous roles. The entire cast is great and production and direction may have had budgeting problems, but not enough to take away from this gritty (I promised myself I wouldn't use that word) tale.