![]() Tracey’s home life is a near-caricature of middle-class dysfunction. Viewed as the sum of its sad, sometimes horrific incidents, “The Tracey Fragments” seems like the kind of adolescent melodrama, at once prurient and cautionary, that has become a staple of young-adult literature. ![]() McDonald’s movie tells may also be somewhat familiar. In this she may indeed be typical, and the story Mr. Tracey (Ellen Page) is a squall of conflicting emotions and perceptions, a volatile compound of anger, vulnerability, curiosity, recklessness and fear. And this confusion is part of the point of this short, powerful feature, directed by Bruce McDonald from a script by Maureen Medved (based on her novel). “I’m not who you think I am,” says Tracey Berkowitz, the 15-year-old protagonist of “The Tracey Fragments.” Since she has also described herself, with evident irony, as a typical teenage girl, it is not always clear what she thinks of herself. ReviewĪverage Teenage Girl, Assembling a Life Without a Set of Instructions After a screening at the Possible Worlds 2007 Canadian Film Festival the film was acquired for DVD release in Australia and New Zealand by Siren Visual. The film was acquired for the United States by THINKFilm, and was released May 9, 2008. Canadian theatrical release followed in October 2007. The film had its North American premiere at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12. It is being distributed in Canada by Odeon Films, with world sales being handled by Bavaria Films International. The film was selected to open the Panorama section of the 57th Berlin International Film Festival and had its world premiere February 8, 2007. It stars Ellen Page in the title role, is produced by Sarah Timmins and executive produced by Paul Barkin. The Tracey Fragments is a 2007 drama film directed by Canadian Bruce McDonald and written by Maureen Medved, based on her novel of the same name. Tracey’s stories begin to intertwine truth with lies, and hope with despair as we move closer to the truth of Sonny’s disappearance. Her travels also put her in contact with the seedier inhabitants of the city, like Lance (Maxwell McCabe-Lokos), her would-be savior who ultimately puts her life in jeopardy. Tracey’s journey leads us into the dark underbelly of the city, into the emotional cesspool of her home, through the brutality of her high school, the clinical cat-and-mouse games with her shrink and her soaring fantasies of Billy Zero (Slim Twig) – her rock and roll savior. 15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz (Ellen Page) is naked under a tattered shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny (Zie Souwand), who thinks he’s a dog.
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