Year of the Carnivore
Year of the Carnivore is the brainchild of Sook-Yin Lee, Vancouver’s brainy and child like former front singer for Bob’s Your Uncle. With familiar Fraser Valley locations as a back drop she’s taken a mini Sarah Silverman named Cristin Milioti from Sopranos bit player to the borderline of being the next Ellen Page. In front of a mostly Canadian cast Milioti plays the ironically named Sammy Smalls whose diminutive stature is the result of cancer treatment as a child. Now 21 she’s on her own for the first time much to the chagrin of over protective mom and dad (Sheila McCarthy and Kevin McDonald). She has a job in supermarket security working for her vigilante boss Dirk (Will Sasso) and she has a crush on street musician Eugene (Mark Rendall). Although Sammy and Eugene seem willing to make a romance work there’s baggage on both sides that each needs to work through before sex isn’t totally awkward. Their search to that end makes Year of the Carnivore a rather meaty script.