Director Jesse Noah Klein is world premiering at Edinburgh the jet-black comedy thriller “Best Boy,” starring Caroline Dhavernas and Aaron Abrams, (“Hannibal”), Marc Bendavid (“Good Witch”) and Lise Roy (“Tom At The Farm”).

Set in Québec’s Eastern Townships, the film follows three adult siblings and their mother as they return to their long-dormant summer home. Years earlier, a strange family competition tore them apart; now, under the shadow of an absent patriarch, they are drawn back into a world of rules, rivalries and unspoken histories.

Klein’s third feature, “Best Boy” is produced by Laurent Allaire for Chasseurs Films alongside Band With Pictures and Mother and Son Films, and backed by Telefilm Canada and Sodec.

“I’ve seen firsthand how a male-dominated spirit of competition ca

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