French-Canadian filmmaker Anne Émond has begun production into her first foray into English-language cinema (we imagine that this will be a bilingual film) with Adam fka Peak Everything – which has Patrick Hivon (Monia Chokri’s Babysitter) and Piper Perabo toplining. Also onboard in terms of supporting players we find Gilles Renaud, Elizabeth Mageren, Éric K. Boulianne, Connor Jessup and Gord Rand. Metafilms’ Sylvain Corbeil and Immina Films are producing. Production will take place in Montreal and in Ontario. Émond exploded onto the scene with Nuit #1 in 2011 and has stuck to mostly drama formats.
This is about Adam (45) owns a kennel. He is a profoundly good and generous, almost naive, man who struggles with depression and eco-anxiety. Via the technical support number for a light therapy lamp he recently purchased, he meets Tina (45), a settled, incredibly sweet mother from northern Ontario. They talk for many hours on the phone. When they meet, everything is turned upside down: Adam confronts his castrating father, Tina leaves her husband and children, LSD is consumed, businesses explode, dogs are released. In short, they are in love.
