The Burning Season (2023)
November 30, 2023Release Date
The Burning Season (2023)
November 30, 2023Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Sara Canning
Alena
Joe Pingue
Tom
Tanisha Thammavongsa
Poppy
Jonas Chernick
JB / Writer / Producer
Natalie Jane
Young Alena
Christian Meer
Benny
Geoffrey Pounsett
Henry
Michelle Giroux
Lillian
Sarah Cleveland
Rita
Carmen Grant
Wedding Officiant
Duane Keogh
Russ
Sean Garrity
Director
Diana Frances
Writer / Executive Producer
Fab Filippo
Executive Producer
Jonathan Bronfman
Executive Producer
Peter Harvey
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Burning Season is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sean Garrity and released in 2023. The film stars Jonas Chernick as J.B., the owner of a lake resort whose wedding to Poppy (Tanisha Thammavongsa) is disrupted by the revelation that he has been having a seven-year affair with Alena (Sara Canning), a woman who has been coming to the resort regularly for summer vacations with her husband Tom (Joe Pingue), and then depicts the affair in reverse chronological order back to its beginning.The cast also includes Natalie Jane, Christian Meer, Sarah Cleveland, Michelle Giroux, Carmen Grant, Duane Keogh, Geoffrey Pounsett and Erik Salmon in supporting roles.
The film went into production in fall 2022 in Algonquin Park, under the working title Mockingbird. It premiered on November 30, 2023, in the Borsos Competition program at the Whistler Film Festival.