Already a key creative behind some of the most memorable movies ever made, Paul Schrader continues to bring his unique perspective to moviegoers with an expected new entry to the 2024 new movie slate, Oh Canada. Schrader alone makes it a project to watch, but add in young star Jacob Elordi and Hollywood staple Richard Gere as younger and older versions of the same character, and there's a lot to be intrigued by with the movie.
Schrader has kept himself busy in recent years with three highly regarded efforts in First Reformed, The Card Counter and Master Gardener, all of which he wrote and directed. Can he keep up his hot streak with Oh Canada?
We'll have to wait a bit to find out, but here is what we know about the movie right now.
Oh Canada release date
Oh Canada is set to hit movie theaters on December 5.
Oh Canada cast
Schrader is reuniting with one of his former stars for Oh Canada, Richard Gere. The two previously worked together in the movie American Gigolo. In this new movie, Gere is playing the older version of the main character, Leonard Fife. Gere is also known for his roles in Chicago, An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman and more.
Playing the younger version of Leonard Fife is Jacob Elordi. The young star has been on a meteoric rise, starting with the popular Netflix franchise The Kissing Booth. He's also appeared in Euphoria, and most recently, Saltburn and Priscilla.
Also in the cast are Uma Thurman (Red, White & Royal Blue), Michael Imperioli (The White Lotus season 2) and Kristine Froseth (The Buccaneers).
Oh Canada plot
An official synopsis for the movie has not been shared at this time, but here is the description of its source material, Forgone:
"At the center of Foregone is famed Canadian American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Fife, now in his late seventies, is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life. The interview is filmed by his acolyte and ex–star student, Malcolm MacLeod, in the presence of Fife's wife and alongside Malcolm's producer, cinematographer and sound technician, all of whom have long admired Fife but who must now absorb the meaning of his astonishing, dark confession."
Oh Canada trailer
Watch the Oh Canada trailer right here:
Oh Canada reviews
Having screened at some of the fall film festivals in 2024, Oh Canada has already been seen and commented on by a number of critics. As of November 7, the movie is "Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes.
Paul Schrader movies
Paul Schrader has directed 23 movies in his career, many of which he also wrote (though his most famous script is arguably still Taxi Driver). Here is a complete look at his directing credits to date:
- Blue Collar (1978)
- Hardcore (1979)
- American Gigolo (1980)
- Cat People (1982)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
- Light of Day (1987)
- Patty Hearst (1988)
- The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
- Light Sleeper (1992)
- Touch (1997)
- Affliction (1997)
- Forever Mine (1999)
- Auto Focus (2002)
- Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
- The Walker (2007)
- Adam Resurrected (2008)
- The Canyons (2013)
- Dying of the Light (2014)
- Dog Eat Dog (2016)
- First Reformed (2017)
- Dark (2017)
- The Card Counter (2021)
- Master Gardener (2023)
