Victoria Day

Victoria Day is the debut film from the acclaimed author of Natasha and Other Stories.

It's Victoria Day 1988, the end of school is in sight, and the Stanley Cup playoffs are afoot. Ben Spector, a smart, sensitive kid from a Russian immigrant family, hits the Bob Dylan show and runs into Jordan Chapman, the class jerk and Ben's tormentor on the hockey rink. Jordan is five dollars shy of scoring some drugs, and Ben begrudgingly spots him the dough. But the next day, Jordan fails to show up at school or hockey practice. With days passing and Jordan's whereabouts a mystery, Ben finds himself in an uncomfortable predicament, especially when a romance with Jordan's sister tentatively blooms in the midst of his disappearance.

(About Bezmozgis: Considering the international success of Bezmozgis as an author -- he's been published in The New Yorker and nominated for the U.K. Guardian First Book Award -- Victoria Day should have a promising future.)