The Rainbow Kid

2015 film

  • 1 June 2015 (2015-06-01)
Running time
93 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

The Rainbow Kid is a 2015 Canadian drama film directed by Kire Paputts. It was shown in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[1]

The film, an expansion of Paputts' prior short film Rainbow Connection,[2] stars Dylan Harman as Eugene, a teenage boy with Down syndrome who sees a rainbow following a thunderstorm and, inspired by his favourite book, sets off on a journey to find the pot of gold at the end of it.[3]

Cast

  • Dylan Harman as Eugene
  • Krystal Nausbaum as Anna
  • Nicholas Campbell as Bill
  • Julian Richings as Elvis Grimes

References

  1. ^ "The Rainbow Kid". TIFF. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ^ "East-end filmmakers launch crowdfunding campaign to bring The Rainbow Kid to life". toronto.com, 30 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Searching For A Pot Of Gold; Rainbow Kid avoids usual pitfalls and finds success on many levels". Ottawa Citizen, 6 May 2016.

External links

  • The Rainbow Kid at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Rainbow Kid at Rotten Tomatoes


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