Drive Back Home
- Release Date: December 6, 2024 (limited)
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Michael Clowater
- Producer(s): Brian Mason, William Woods, Maddy Falle
- Writer(s): Michael Clowater
- Studio: Photon Films
- Length: 1h 40m | Classification: 13+
Synopsis
In the winter of 1970, a cantankerous, small town plumber (Charlie Creed-Miles) from rural New Brunswick must drive his beat-up work truck 1,000 miles to Toronto to get his estranged, gay brother (Alan Cumming) out of jail after being arrested for having sex in a public park.
The two men are then forced to drive back home together at the behest of their hard-nosed mother before they kill each other.
Inspired by a true story.
Canadian Connection: Filmed in North Bay, Ontario. Director/writer Michael Clowater was born in New Brunswick. produced with support from Telefilm Canada, the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, Ontario Creates, Game Theory, Toronto and Vancouver-based Radke Films and Toronto’s Vigilante Productions.;