The Michelle Apartments is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 black comedy

Black comedy

A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...

 film, released in 1995, by John Pozer

John Pozer

John Pozer is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and editor. He has had two independent features selected to the Cannes International Film Festival and directed a slate of episodic television, both live action and animation.-Biography:...

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The film stars Henry Czerny

Henry Czerny

- Career :Czerny received formal training at the National Theatre School in Montreal. After graduating in 1982, he went on to perform onstage across Canada, from Ottawa's National Arts Centre to Edmonton's Citadel Theatre and the Stratford Festival. By the late 1980s, he had established himself as...

 as Alex Hartwell, a government auditor sent to the small town of Walton to review the books of a chemical company. When his hotel room is mistakenly given to another client, he is forced to take a room in the Michelle Apartments, where he is drawn into a romantic attraction to his neighbour Madeline (Mary Beth Rubens), whose husband Dean (Daniel Kash

Daniel Kash

Daniel Joshua Kash is a Canadian actor and director.He was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Canadian opera singer Maureen Forrester and violinist/conductor Eugene Kash. He is also the brother of actress Linda Kash. He studied at the Drama Center in London, England and has appeared in dozens...

) is in prison.

When Dean is released and comes home to find Madeline and Alex kissing, events spiral into a murderous chaos.

The film was written by Ross Weber, and directed by John Pozer

John Pozer

John Pozer is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and editor. He has had two independent features selected to the Cannes International Film Festival and directed a slate of episodic television, both live action and animation.-Biography:...

. The cast also includes Peter Outerbridge

Peter Outerbridge

Peter Outerbridge is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Dr. David Sandstrom in the TMN series ReGenesis, as William in Saw VI and his role as Dan Farmer in Happy Town.-Life and career:...

, Nancy Beatty and Maria Vacratsis

Maria Vacratsis

Maria Vacratsis is an actress. Among her appearances on TV is the role of Sheila the lunch lady on the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation and the Lebanese islamic overbearing mother of main character Yasir in "Mother in law" episode of Little Mosque on the Prairie.She also...

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Its music score was composed by Canadian musician Mark Korven

Mark Korven

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The movie was released on VHS in Canada by Cineplex Odeon

Cineplex Odeon

Cineplex Odeon Corporation was one of North America's largest movie theatre operators, with theatres in its home country of Canada and the United States...

but as of 2010, there has been no DVD release yet.