Various Positions (2002)

Caught this canadian indie at the Montreal Fim Festival-FFM back in 2002, where it received the prize for Best first film: a finely written and well crafted jewel to add to the crown of canadian jewish-themed films, from "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" to Lea Pool's "Emporte moi" or "Felix and Meira". Set in Vancouver one summer before law school, it pits the doubts of a good son having fallen in love with an unconventional non-jewish girl, against the orthodox certainties of his established lawyer-father.

Various Positions is a fairly good watch if you want something depressing and self-loathing. You probably wont crack many smiles in this one, especially since the lead actor is horribly stiff, painfully stiff!