Mean Dreams

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Mean Dreams is a Canadian thriller directed by Nathan Morlando (Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster). The film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year, stars Sophie Nélisse, Josh Wiggins, Bill Paxton, Colm Feore, and Kevin Durand.

Local farm boy Jonas (Wiggins) meets the new girl next door, Casey (Nélisse), and is immediately taken with her. As young love blossoms between the two teenagers, Jonas also discovers that Casey’s abusive home life has reached a new level of danger. Jonas takes the lead in their escape by stealing a bag full of drug money from Casey’s corrupt father – local cop Wayne Caraway (Paxton). With the stolen cash as their only means to a better life, Casey flees with Jonas and together, under relentless pursuit from her father, they learn the hard truth of what it will take in order to survive. In the end, Casey and Jonas are forced to make a life-altering choice from which there will be no turning back.

“At its heart for me, Mean Dreams is a love story between young teens Casey and Jonas who are both at that special age where physical, psychological and emotional change are happening at an undeniably rapid pace,” says Morlando. “Their body and feelings [are] familiar and yet not familiar, perched on the cusp of childhood and adulthood. As young teens they are in an acute mode of transformation and are moving into an unknown place.”

Mean Dreams is rated 14A.