The Twentieth Century
Dec 20 2019
•2h 30m
•Comedy
Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will first have to fight his personal obsessions and overcome the many obstacles he will encounter on his tortuous path to power.
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Dan Beirne
Mackenzie King
Sarianne Cormier
Nurse Lapointe
Catherine St-Laurent
Ruby Elliott
Mikhaïl Ahooja
Bert Harper
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