God’s Fool

This stylish, literate, often hilarious film tells the story of Scott Symons, a larger-than-life writer who has exiled himself to a beautiful Moroccan seaside town for over 25 years. Called by Peter C. Newman “the conscience of Canadian literature”, Symons has always been too radical for his times. Some of the best known names in Canadian culture, including Patrick Watson, June Callwood and Dennis Lee, reflect movingly on a man who is obsessed with love, Canada, and the erotic possibilities of birds and furniture.