The Tracey Fragments (2007)

Director:

Bruce McDonald

Writers:

Maureen Medved (novel)
Maureen Medved (screenplay)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Something's missing...

Plot:

15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is naked under a shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he's a dog. |

Plot Keywords:

Curtain | Borderline Personality Disorder | Attempted Rape | Split Screen | Shower Curtain

Awards:

5 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Ellen Page	...	Tracey Berkowitz
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Libby Adams	...	Young Tracey Berkowitz
Shawn Ahmed	...	Satanic Cashier
Stephen Amell	...	Police Officer
Jackie Brown	...	Mrs. Dorchester
Ari Cohen	...	Mr. Berkowitz
Ryan Cooley	...	David
Daniel Fathers	...	Elegant Man
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos	...	Lance
Tara Nicodemo	...	Nurse
Julian Richings	...	Dr. Heker
Todd Sandomirsky	...	Glaring Man
Derek Scott	...	Headstand Johnny
Zie Souwand	...	Sonny - Tracey's brother
Kate Todd	...	Debbie Dodge
Slim Twig	...	Billy Zero
Norman Yeung	...	Tiger Daley

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language throughout, some sexual content and violence.

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Québec) | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:R | Finland:K-13

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Shadow Shows

Trivia:

Filmed in just 14 days, but took 9 months to edit.

Quotes:

Tracey Berkowitz: Doctor Hecker, my psychiatrist. She only cares about the, like, 80 bucks an hour she's paid, or whatever, to prevent me from turning into a psycho. Well... it's kinda too late for that.

Arty but unrewarding

I was looking forward to this film because of the unusual formal nature of the film: the screen is split into between two and twenty little screens at various points during the film - sometimes they are static, sometimes they float around... And while I liked the style and I think it will possibly start a trend, I can't say I actually enjoyed the content of the film. The main character, a runaway teenage girl, was obnoxious and lacking in any redeeming features. She swore in the most puerile way, and sometimes spoke to the screen in a stagy declamatory manner which wasn't suitable (for this film that is). The dialogue in general was bad and her parents couldn't act at all. As for a story - well there wasn't too much of interest going on, so I left the theatre feeling I'd seen a reasonable piece of art form-wise, but that I hadn't been moved at all.