Stump the Guesser is a Canadian short film by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, which was released in 2020.[1] A silent black-and-white film based on early Soviet cinema tropes, it stars Adam Brooks as a man who works as a guesser at the fair, but whose mindreading tricks suddenly begin to fail him; simultaneously, he meets a long-lost sister he never knew he had and falls in love with her, and sets out to disprove the theory of heredity in hopes of being able to marry her.[2]

The film premiered on February 25, 2020 at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2020.[4]

References

  1. ^ Leonard Pearce, "NYFF’s Inaugural Currents Lineup Features Intrepid Filmmaking Voices from Around the World". The Film Stage, August 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Mindy Bond, "Canadian Auteur Guy Maddin World Premiering New Film at 2020 Berlinale". The Culture Files, February 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Manon Dumais, "Philippe Falardeau ouvrira la 70e Berlinale". Le Devoir, January 25, 2020.
  4. ^ Victoria Ahearn, "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020". Squamish Chief, December 9, 2020.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stump_the_Guesser
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