The Divide

Fri & Sat, Jan 13 & 14
1hr 50mins // directed by:Xavier Gens // featuring:Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and no one feels fine! 

As nuclear fire rains down on New York City without explanation, eight residents of a high rise apartment manage to find refuge in the bunker-like basement while the world crumbles around them. The Divide is not about a war raging out there, it’s about what we’re willing to do to survive, and the toll it takes on our so-called humanity. Forget his foray into big budget American film making, this is the return of one of France’s latest wave of horror directors. Xavier Gens, the writer/director of Frontier(s), delivers a bleak and unsettling look at what happens when we are isolated from society and pushed to the brink. Michael Biehn (The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss) leads the cast as Mickey, a hard-nosed superintendent attempting to keep order among the survivors, including Lauren German (Hostel: Part 2), Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction, Crash), Michael Eklund (Watchmen), and Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) as the days and weeks push on. Did I mention that it’s bleak? The Divide will probably not leave you with a smile on your face or a song in your heart, but I think you’ll appreciate it’s unflinching gaze into a shattered world, and the horrors that may come when there’s nothing left to hope for.

- Steven Landry, Toronto After Dark

The first 50 people attending the Friday midnight show who bring a donation of canned goods for FEEDING AMERICA receive a limited edition poster of The Divide designed by Mondo street artist “Jock”.