Passenger Side


Passenger Side is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Matthew Bissonnette and produced by Corey Marr. It stars Adam Scott, Joel Bissonnette and Robin Tunney. It premiered at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival before screening at numerous film festivals worldwide, including the Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and Whistler Film Festival. It won the Citytv Award for Best Canadian Feature at the Edmonton International Film Festival and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2009.
Passenger Side was released theatrically in Canada in May 2009 by Corey Marr Productions and Kinosmith. It has been picked up by Strand Releasing in the U.S., Axiom Film in the U.K. and IFC Films internationally.

Plot

On the morning of his thirty-seventh birthday, Michael Brown receives a telephone call from his estranged brother Tobey. The two set off on a day-long odyssey in Michael's old BMW across a wild and weird Los Angeles in search of Tobey’s “reason for living.” They encounter a series of surprising, comical characters and reach an unexpected, magical destination.

Cast

Music features heavily in the film, including songs by numerous Canadian performers, such as D.O.A., Leonard Cohen, and SNFU.

Soundtrack