# This Beautiful City

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{{short description|Film by Ed Gass-Donnelly}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = This Beautiful City
| image          = This Beautiful City poster.jpg
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = [Ed Gass-Donnelly](/source/Ed_Gass-Donnelly)
| producer       = Ed Gass-Donnelly<br>Lee Kim<br>[Aaron Poole](/source/Aaron_Poole)<br>David Krae<br>Julie Sype
| writer         = Ed Gass-Donnelly
| narrator       =
| starring       = Aaron Poole<br>[Kristin Booth](/source/Kristin_Booth)<br>[Caroline Cave](/source/Caroline_Cave)<br>[Noam Jenkins](/source/Noam_Jenkins)<br>[Stuart Hughes](/source/Stuart_Hughes)
| music          =
| cinematography = Micha Dahan
| editing        = Ed Gass-Donnelly
| distributor    = 20/40 Films
| released       = {{Film date|2007|09|11}}
| runtime        = 85 minutes
| country        = Canada
| language       = English
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}

'''''This Beautiful City''''' is a 2007 Canadian drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by [Ed Gass-Donnelly](/source/Ed_Gass-Donnelly). It premiered at the [2007 Toronto International Film Festival](/source/2007_Toronto_International_Film_Festival) and had a general theatrical release in 2008.

The film depicts the lives of five disparate characters in [Downtown Toronto](/source/Downtown_Toronto). Johnny ([Aaron Poole](/source/Aaron_Poole)) is a recovering [crack cocaine](/source/crack_cocaine) addict trying to convince his [prostitute](/source/prostitute) girlfriend Pretty ([Kristin Booth](/source/Kristin_Booth)) to move with him to a new city so they can make a clean break from their old lives, while Harry ([Noam Jenkins](/source/Noam_Jenkins)) and Carol ([Caroline Cave](/source/Caroline_Cave)) are a wealthy couple. Events are set in motion when Carol falls from the balcony of her condo in an apparent suicide attempt, landing just metres away from Johnny and Pretty in the alleyway below. She survives, but Peter ([Stuart Hughes](/source/Stuart_Hughes)), a police detective, finds her and the group's lives begin to intertwine.

==Cast==
* [Aaron Poole](/source/Aaron_Poole) as Johnny  
* [Kristin Booth](/source/Kristin_Booth) as Pretty  
* [Caroline Cave](/source/Caroline_Cave) as Carol  
* [Noam Jenkins](/source/Noam_Jenkins) as Harry  
* [Stuart Hughes](/source/Stuart_Hughes) as Peter  
* [Kat Germain](/source/Kat_Germain) as Zoe  
* [Tony Nappo](/source/Tony_Nappo) as Crack  
* Jefferson Mappin as Phil  
* [Philip Akin](/source/Philip_Akin) as Police Chief  
* Christopher Cordell as Green Jacket Jock  
* Brian Frank as Steve

==Soundtrack==
The film's soundtrack includes songs by [Bry Webb](/source/Bry_Webb), [Sunparlour Players](/source/Sunparlour_Players), [Buck 65](/source/Buck_65), [Jewish Legend](/source/Josh_Reichmann) and [Sebastien Grainger](/source/Sebastien_Grainger), [Andre Ethier](/source/Andre_Ethier_(musician)), [Shad](/source/Shad_(rapper)), [The Ghost Is Dancing](/source/The_Ghost_Is_Dancing), [Emilie Mover](/source/Emilie_Mover) and [Dave MacKinnon](/source/FemBots).<ref>Jim Slotek, "Classes clash in Beautiful City". ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', May 23, 2008.</ref>

==Critical reception==
On the [review aggregator](/source/review_aggregator) website [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes), the film has an approval rating of 14%, based on seven reviews.<ref>{{rottentomatoes|this-beautiful-city}}</ref> Ray Bennett of ''[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)'' said, "The film is contrived but powerful. A mood of underlying dread gives each scene extra tension and its gritty portrait of how urban life at all levels can ground people down is striking."<ref>{{cite web|work=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/beautiful-city-125686|title=This Beautiful City|date=July 10, 2008|author=Bennett, Ray}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
The film was nominated for four [Genies](/source/Genie_Award) at the [29th Genie Awards](/source/29th_Genie_Awards), including Best Actor (Poole), Best Original Song (Bry Webb, "Big Smoke"), Best Sound and Best Sound Editing.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0886535}}

{{Ed Gass-Donnelly}}

Category:2007 films
Category:Canadian drama films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Films set in Toronto
Category:2007 drama films
Category:2007 English-language films
Category:Films directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly
Category:2007 Canadian films
Category:English-language drama films

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