By THR Staff. Having already made one movie about a fringe sport his Curling won awards at Locarno , Cote here feels no need to explain the world his six characters inhabit. It may be a while, in fact, before we notice that one is not like the others: Maxim Lemire is a professional wrestler and strongman who has built up the strength to drag a semi tractor across a parking lot but is not interested in the cut-and-ripped definition pursued by the others.
The Bottom Line Finds the vulnerable side of professional he-men. Release date: Jun 15, A massive bald man whose black beard is as imposing as his body grooms himself for the day, then picks shoes from a closet full floor-to-ceiling with sneakers; a shorter but very broad-shouldered Asian man struggles to take selfies in his garage after half-assedly taping his camera phone to the ceiling.
This appears to be a kind of body work that pairs massage training with emotional therapy and New Age psychic intuition. We also see him cook a meal for his family, then stand alone in the kitchen and gobble a whole steak before joining them at the table for noodles.
At home and the gym, we watch as poses are practiced and men attempt the difficult feat of smiling as they flex with all their might. Lastly, Cote brings all six men out to a country house, presumably for no other reason than to tie the film together. Shirtless, they paddle across a pond and sun themselves in a meadow. They strike poses for each other and strum guitar by a bonfire.
Instead, he puts these men to sleep alone in their own rooms, shutting the door on them gently so they can awake refreshed and gleaming in the daylight.
