1:54
Cinémaginaire Inc. (2017)
Drama, Foreign
In Collection
#1350
7*
Seen ItYes
(06/01/2018 Home)
855184007365
IMDB   6.7
106 mins Canada / French
DVD  Region 1
Antoine-Olivier Pilon Tim
Sophie Nélisse Jennifer
Lou-Pascal Tremblay Jeff Roy
David Boutin Pierre
Patrice Godin M. Sullivan
Robert Naylor Francis
Anthony Therrien Patrick
Guillaume Gauthier David
Irdens Exantus Fred
Karl-Antoine Suprice Sydney
Laurie-Jade Rochon Zoé
Émile Mailhiot PE teacher
Director
Yan England
Producer Denise Robert
Diane England


Tim is a bit of a loner. At school he gravitates towards another shy boy and they become friends. But the verbal and physical bullying by a gang of kids, as well as an aggressive use of social media, unsettle Tim’s new mate and he backs away from him – an act of cowardice which will have serious repercussions. As a result of Tim’s unwillingness to snitch, the bullies appear to get away with their actions, none more so than the gang’s leader Jeff. He’s one of the school’s star athletes, who seems guaranteed a place in the national championships with an 800m time of 1.54 minutes. When Tim decides to start training in order to go up against Jeff, even having a girlfriend as cover, his enemies seem willing to go to any lengths to stop him.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 05/09/2018
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon.com
Purchase Price $14.95
Condition New
Tags bullying, homophobia
Links +7 Review: QueerGuru (2018, Roger Walker-Zack)
± Review: Big Gay Picture Show (Tim Isaac, 2018)
1:54 at Core for Movies
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org
References
Streaming, VoD Amazon Video
QueerGuru Rating 7

Notes
1:54 is very dark tale of the possible consequences of schoolyard bullying and homophobia.· In recent years' there have been many films that deal with bullying and homophobia. and it's tragic consequences· Most bring back memories of my own youth·

As a boy in the mid-1950s, probably then in junior high school, I was harassed by a boy a couple of years older than I· It mostly occurred as I walked home from school and passed his house· By most modern day standards, it was pretty mild· "L" (I don't wish to use his real name), to my recollection, never was physically abusive; just verbally threatening· I was scared of him· I never understood his issue· While by that age I would have had sex with other boys, I am fairly certain that "L"would not have been aware of these encounters· After a short while, I solved the "problem" by taking another route home· While "L" appears in my school yearbooks, by what would have been his graduation year, he is absent from them· From the yearbook entries, he appears to have been somewhat of a loner· He married and continued to live in my hometown· He died in 2010·
Was there bullying in my high school? There no doubt was· But my school was very small by today's standards· Parents, teachers and administrators generally knew each other socially· I certainly believed my situation was unique· I never told anyone-parents or teachers· It was my problem to solve.