Themes: Intersecting Lives, Looking For Love, Dangerous Attraction
Main Cast: Von Flores, John Gilbert, Pascale Montpetit, Manuel Aranguiz, Maria Del Mar
Release Year: 1994
Country: DE/CA
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
Desire, the fleeting pleasures of casual sex, and the difficulty involved with keeping passion alive are the focus of this unusual Canadian drama. The film, which was shot alternately in black and white, and color, is set in modern Toronto days before a solar eclipse is to occur. For his high school project, Angelo is filming a documentary on eclipse fever. His work is presented in color as he interviews people about the eclipse. Interspersed between Angelo's film is a series of sexual scenes, shot in black and white, involving gay and straight encounters between 10 friends, lovers, and acquaintances. What makes the film unique is that a connected progression occurs as one character from a preceding sexual encounter always appears in the subsequent one. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Cast
Von Flores - Henry
John Gilbert - Brian
Pascale Montpetit - Sylvie
Manuel Aranguiz - Gabriel
Maria Del Mar - Sarah
Greg Ellwand - Norman; Matthew Ferguson - Angelo; Earl Pastko - Michael; Daniel MacIvor - Jim; Kirsten Johnson - Carlotta; James White - ESL Video Instructer; Scott Wilson - Tattoo Guy; Tracy Wright - Souvenir Shop Clerk; Bill Cameron - Eclipse Broadcaster; Russ Morgan - Eclipse Broadcaster
Credit
Tamara Deverell - Art Director, Regine Schmid - Associate Producer, Jeremy Podeswa - Director, Susan Maggi - Editor, Wolfram Tichy - Executive Producer, Ernie Tollar - Composer (Music Score), Jane Tattersall - Musical Direction/Supervision, Miroslaw Baszak - Cinematographer, Camelia Frieberg - Producer, Jeremy Podeswa - Producer, Michael McShane - Set Designer, Jeremy Podeswa - Screenwriter
Eclipse is a Canadian drama film, written and directed by Jeremy Podeswa and released in 1994.
Set in Toronto during the two-week period leading up to a total eclipse of the sun, the film revolves around ten characters whose urban lifestyles are marked by emotional and social disconnection from others. Against the backdrop of the media circus surrounding the rare celestial event, each of the ten characters struggles to connect with others through various sexual encounters.
