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'', September 20, 2014. the film stars Arabella Bushnell as Carol, a shy, repressed office worker who begins expressing her frustrations with her friends and coworkers in song after being encouraged by a

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to open up about her feelings. Her song "Asshole Dave" leads her boss Dave ( Brad Dryborough) to fire her, but also reignites his own faded dream of becoming a rock star, setting them both off on a journey of creative discovery in which they may need each other's help more than they expected. Bushnell described the film as a story about people finding themselves and connecting with each other without using

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to do it. The film had its premiere screening on September 8, 2014 at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. The film received three

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nominations at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, in the categories of Best Costume Design (Bushnell), Best Original Score (

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) and

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(Elgstrand for "Asshole Dave").Brent Furdyk
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'', January 19, 2016.

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