BASTARDS

Bastards is an experimental feature which revolves around an improbable relationship between Sam, a retired man, and a homeless young woman – a professional protester at war with all the “bastards,” mostly men, who she considers are making a mess of the world. The film is seen through the eyes of Sam. Except for the final shot in the film, we never see him, but only what he sees. There are no cutaways, no subplots. The other actors look directly at the camera. We know only what Sam knows and we find out about things when he does. The audience is Sam. What happens to him, happens to us.

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Mort Ransen
Director

Producer-writer-director Mort Ransen began his career as an actor after studying with the legendary American teacher Peggy Furey. He acted briefly and directed on stage before turning to film in 1961, when he joined the directing staff of the National Film Board of Canada. For the NFB he wrote and directed 17 films, winning 15 international awards. Since leaving the NFB in 1984, he has directed seven feature films, most notably the critically acclaimed Margaret’s Museum (1995). More recently, Ransen produced My Father’s Angel,(1999) the award-winning first feature by Davor Marjanovic. His most recent work as director was the Gemini-nominated documentary Ah… The Money, the Money, the Money, produced for the NFB, about the logging conflict on Saltspring Island, British Columbia, where Ransen makes his home.