Description du film :
« Cuisinier dans ses beaux jours, Camilo est aujourd'hui un cinquantenaire usé qui travaille pour une compagnie d'entretien ménager. On devine un échec personnel dans le passé de ce Mexicain solitaire installé à Montréal. Or Camilo souhaite se reprendre en mains et une occasion de retrouver sa passion culinaire se présente enfin : un ancien collègue va lui donner sa chance dans un chaleureux resto à Baie-Comeau. Tout est en oeuvre pour ce nouveau début quand Camilo reçoit la visite de sa fille Tania, avec qui il avait coupé les liens à cause de sa toxicomanie. Elle lui apprend qu'il est grand-père et lui demande de prendre l'enfant en charge pendant qu'elle suit une énième cure de désintoxication. L'arrivée de ce petit-fils va bousculer les plans de Camilo. Il y aura un nouveau début pour lui, certes, mais pas comme il l'imaginait. »
-- katherine-jerkovic.com
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Description du film [en anglais] :
« Reserved and reticent Camilo, a fiftysomething widower, works for a cleaning company in Montreal. Back in the day, he ran a successful restaurant called Le Coyote that, for reasons initially unknown to us, went under. Since then, he has doggedly pursued culinary jobs, to no avail. But an old friend and fan of Le Coyote has just asked him to work as a chef in the suburbs. Finally, it seems Camilo will get his life back on track after a long time in the wilderness. Without warning, estranged daughter Tania enters the picture with the shocking news that Camilo has a grandson, Zachary. Wary of his daughter's self-destructive behaviour, Camilo is dismayed when she asks him to care for Zachary while she is in rehab. But Camilo reluctantly acquiesces, despite his misgivings and Zachary's apparent distrust of him. [Katherine] Jerkovic carefully and sensitively explores the profound, conflicting emotions complicating her characters' relationships. There are no heroes or villains here, just human beings battling themselves. Proud and still resentful over the past, Camilo wants little to do with Tania and doesn't really know how to speak to Zachary. (He's like a modernized version of Silas Marner.) Tania is erratic and irresponsible while Zachary is angry and terrified he will lose his mother, the only constant in his young life. What emerges is an affecting tale of a family trying to reconstruct itself. Jerkovic's naturalist style makes Coyote one of the most poignant and emotionally genuine films of the year. »
-- Steve Gravestock
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