''House'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 1995. Written and directed by

Laurie Lynd Laurie Lynd (born May 19, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known as the director of the feature film ''Breakfast with Scot''. In his early career, Lynd made the short films ''Together and ...

as an adaptation of

Daniel MacIvor Daniel MacIvor (born July 23, 1962) is a Canadian actor, playwright, theatre director, and film director. He is probably best known for his acting roles in independent films and the sitcom ''Twitch City''. Personal MacIvor was born in Sydney, Nov ...

's one-man play ''House'', the film stars MacIvor as Victor, an antisocial drifter with some hints of

paranoid schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by continuous or relapsing episodes of psychosis. Major symptoms include hallucinations (typically Auditory hallucination#Schizophrenia, hearing voices), delusions, and disorganized thinking. ...

, who arrives in the town of Hope Springs and invites ten strangers into the local church to watch him perform a

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about his struggles and disappointments in life. The original play was performed solely by MacIvor. For the film, Lynd added several other actors, giving the audience members some moments of direct interaction and intercutting Victor's monologue with scenes which directly depict the stories he describes. The extended cast includes

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, Ben Cardinal, Patricia Collins, Jerry Franken, Caroline Gillis,

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, Joan Heney,

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, Simon Richards, Christofer Williamson and Jonathan Wilson. The film premiered at the

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in the Perspectives Canada series, before going into general release in 1996. The film garnered two

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nominations at the

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in 1996, for

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(Fred Brennan, Daniel Pellerin, Virginia Storey, Paula Fairfield, Yann Delpuech) and

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(

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, "House on the Horizon".)"Nominees for the 17th-annual Genie Awards". ''

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'', October 17, 1996.

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* 1995 films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Laurie Lynd Canadian Film Centre films 1995 drama films Films based on Canadian plays 1990s English-language films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-film-stub