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Stump the Guesser
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'Stump the Guesser' is a Canadian short film by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, which was released in 2020.Leonard Pearce, [https://thefilmstage.com/nyffs-inaugural-currents-lineup-features-intrepid-filmmaking-voices-from-around-the-world/ "NYFFs Inaugural Currents Lineup Features Intrepid Filmmaking Voices from Around the World"]. 'The Film Stage', August 24, 2020. A silent black-and-white film based on early Soviet cinema tropes, it stars Adam Brooks as a man who works as a guesser at the fair, but whose mindreading tricks suddenly begin to fail him; simultaneously, he meets a long-lost sister he never knew he had and falls in love with her, and sets out to disprove the theory of heredity in hopes of being able to marry her.Mindy Bond, [https://www.theculturefiles.com/guy-maddin-stump-the-guesser-2020-berlin-international-film-festival/ "Canadian Auteur Guy Maddin World Premiering New Film at 2020 Berlinale"]. 'The Culture Files', February 25, 2020.
The film premiered on February 25, 2020 at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.Manon Dumais, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/571503/my-salinger-year-de-philippe-falardeau-en-ouverture-du-festival-du-film-de-berlin "Philippe Falardeau ouvrira la 70e Berlinale"]. 'Le Devoir', January 25, 2020.
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2020.Victoria Ahearn, [https://www.squamishchief.com/toronto-international-film-festival-releases-top-ten-lists-for-2020-1.24252475 "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020"]. 'Squamish Chief', December 9, 2020.
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