Chloe and Theo

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ezna Sands directs. Peter Zeitlinger behind the camera. Andrew Grush scores. Jonathan Woodford-Robinson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America, Canada. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 11 years ago.
• 3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Canada.
• 4Directed by Ezna Sands, shot by Peter Zeitlinger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Original score by Andrew Grush. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 6Editor Jonathan Woodford-Robinson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 7Dakota Johnson and Theo Ikummaq and Ashley Springer carry the top of the cast.
• 8Marketing tagline: "Together they will change the world.".
• 9IMDB entry: tt1754736 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 10Only 66 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Peter Zeitlinger

Original score

Andrew Grush

Editing

Jonathan Woodford-Robinson

Runtime

81 min · 1h 21m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG-13

IMDB

Chloe and Theo (2015) ↗

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Trailers & featurettes

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Community reviews

What people are saying

• Reno2016-01-04
  ★ 7/10

  The global warming theme on a smaller scale. An independent film about a man from the Arctic who is sent by his elders to the New York City to seek a permanent solution they are facing due to the assault on the nature by the southern people. I have heard it was based on the real, but for the lack of source I can't confirm how much true it is. For the voices over the global warming and considering recently concluded 'climate change conference' in Paris, I thought giving it a try would uplift my spirit on this matter. Definitely a good idea for a film, a serious theme, even though it did not turn out to be as I hoped for, had a little fun watching it. A short film, not even exceeded the 80 minute mark. Since it was a low profile flick, there's no big casting or the grand spending for making it, but merely an alright film. It was dull in parts due to the stretch, otherwise could have made it a fantastic short film. And a bit it looks like a cross of documentary and feature film in the narration part. "Life is so full of difficulties. But in my homeland, our sense of family bond us together. Like a warm coat against the cold wind." What I think about the movie is, it was not bad, as well as brilliant. Very predictable, especially the end went as I expected, that's sad. But a couple of scenes in the entire film were somewhat out of the ordinary. More like it was for the children that deals on the global warming, but for the adults and their matured minds, it kind of fails to convince due to a shortfall of exploration on the subject. You know it only brought the serious topic on-board, but the intention was not given to explain it, or discuss them. So I feel it missed the great opportunity to open up on the debate and spread the message as what a theme like this supposed to do. After this I've watched a couple of other movies, but this will be the last review I'm writing on this blog for this year (2015). As a movie fanatic, I had another wonderful year and plenty of excellent films as well as so many bad ones. Finally, I wish all the WCA readers a very happy new year 2016. I'm hoping for another successful year ahead and try to keep the WCA alive utmost. 6.5/10

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Production companies

Who made it

• TI

  Tiberius Film

• AR

  Arctica Films

Key crew

• ProducerMonica Ord
• EditorJonathan Woodford-Robinson

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical (limited)2015-04-15PG-13
• Digital2022-03-15

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International titles

• Chloe e TheoBR