Event Details

Book Launch for TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER
Introduced by Co-editors Kier-La Janisse and Clint Enns

A quirky, offbeat romantic comedy about a Los Angeles pool cleaner (Alyssa Milano) navigating a single chaotic day of eccentric clients, family drama, and unexpected connection. When she meets a handsome young man living with Lou Gehrig’s disease (Patrick Dempsey), their brief encounter blossoms into an unlikely and deeply tender romance. Co-starring Malcolm McDowell, Cathy Moriarty, Robert Downey, Jr. and more.

Spectacular Optical celebrates the Montreal launch of Truth & Soul: The Robert Downey Sr. Reader with three nights of films by the singular American filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. Each screening will be introduced by the book’s editors, Kier-La Janisse and Clint Enns.

The three-film series reflects the remarkable breadth of Downey’s career. It begins with the perfect summer movie, Hugo Pool, a surprisingly tender romantic comedy that confronts the realities of living with ALS (Weds July 22 at La Métropolitaine); continues with the early hit Chafed Elbows, his hilarious 1966 underground breakthrough (Fri July 24 at la lumière collective); and concludes with America, his under-seen and anarchic 1980s media satire (at Cinéma au Cinoche).