A thought-provoking drama, this film explores the complex problems teenagers face in dealing with domestic violence and shows how one family begins the healing process.
Director: Aaron Kim Johnston
Writers: Don Bailey, Aaron Kim Johnston
Stars: Christian Molgat, Andrew Bednarski, Laurissa Kowalchuk
The Crown Prince (1988) is a thought-provoking Canadian drama short film directed by Aaron Kim Johnston. The story explores the emotional impact of domestic violence on a family, focusing on two teenage brothers struggling to cope with fear, confusion, and instability at home.
Through realistic performances and emotional storytelling, the film examines how abuse affects not only victims directly but also the children forced to witness it. Sensitive yet powerful, this dramatic short highlights the importance of healing, understanding, and breaking cycles of violence.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0223064/
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Director: Aaron Kim Johnston
Writers: Don Bailey, Aaron Kim Johnston
Stars: Christian Molgat, Andrew Bednarski, Laurissa Kowalchuk
The Crown Prince (1988) is a thought-provoking Canadian drama short film directed by Aaron Kim Johnston. The story explores the emotional impact of domestic violence on a family, focusing on two teenage brothers struggling to cope with fear, confusion, and instability at home.
Through realistic performances and emotional storytelling, the film examines how abuse affects not only victims directly but also the children forced to witness it. Sensitive yet powerful, this dramatic short highlights the importance of healing, understanding, and breaking cycles of violence.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0223064/
tt0223064
#TheCrownPrince #1988Film #DramaShort #PsychologicalDrama #FamilyDrama #CanadianCinema #ShortFilm #EmotionalStory #ClassicShortFilm #FullHD
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00:00I don't know
00:30Yuck. That was nothing but blood and guts and chainsaws.
00:34Well, I was going to take you to see The Return of Pinocchio, but hey, you wanted sex and violence.
00:42My grandma told me that in the old days, they used to make movies about rich people,
00:47so they could go and forget about how poor they were.
00:50Maybe now they make movies about sick and demented people,
00:54so when we get out of the theater, we feel good about how nice and normal our lives are.
00:59What a concept. You know, you're pretty smart. For a girl.
01:04Watch it, buster.
01:11Well, I don't know about that theory of yours, Wendy.
01:14At least in the movies, the good guys still win.
01:19Besides, not everybody's life is so nice and normal.
01:24What do you mean?
01:38I know you're not normal, Billy. I didn't mean to include you.
01:42Is that supposed to be a chainsaw or do you have gas?
01:46Oh.
01:50Boy, you sure know how to hurt a mass murderer, don't you?
01:54I'm sorry, but you definitely need professional help.
02:04Get a load of the tighty.
02:05Oh, yeah.
02:10And look at the mama's boy she's with.
02:14Come on, Wendy. Let's get out of here.
02:16We're just looking for trouble.
02:18Hey, legs. Is the queer boring you?
02:20Let's go.
02:22Let's go.
02:24Here she comes.
02:30La la la. You wanted a closer look, eh?
02:35Yeah.
02:37I've never seen someone who's brain dead.
02:40Mmm.
02:42Do you practice?
02:43You're just naturally a piece of scum.
02:47Hey, come on, man. We gotta get out of here. The costs are behind us.
02:50You better teach your ditch pigs and manners before somebody else does piss off.
02:55Scouse balls.
02:56Let's go, bitch.
02:58Slut.
03:01You kids got a problem here?
03:03Nah. They're just drunk, that's all.
03:09Come on.
03:10I'll take you home.
03:41Here's something else.
03:44But you know, it's not real smart to mouth off to those kind of guys.
03:47They can get pretty ugly.
03:50What?
03:52Are you saying I should just be a good little girl and mind my manners?
03:55Of course not.
03:58I'm just saying that pretty smile of yours wouldn't look as good without any teeth.
04:04Neither would mine.
04:08Guess we did get them kinda peeved, huh?
04:11Yeah.
04:17Uh-oh.
04:18Looks like another power failure.
04:20Yep.
04:22Guess I better go.
04:33See you tomorrow.
04:40Is it okay if I stay here for a while?
04:44Something wrong, Billy?
04:46No.
04:48It's just nice here, that's all.
04:51Nice and normal.
04:53Yeah.
04:54Nice and normal.
04:56Like you.
04:59Yeah.
05:00Yeah, sure.
05:02Stay as long as you like.
05:05Goodnight.
05:07Goodnight.
05:32Don't tell me you're relaxed, all right?
05:33That's all I need in our own days.
05:34Relax.
05:35I hope that you know about it.
05:37Nope.
05:38You don't know what God did.
05:40You put the comedy on his feet again.
05:42Henry called you a miracle, but he's not gonna forget what you did for them.
05:45Who gives a shit about it?
05:46Look, you don't know what you...
05:47Jesus, how'd I get stuck marrying such an empty head and cheering at you?
05:50Do me a favor, will you?
05:51Will you just shut your mouth?
05:53Will you just shut your mouth?
05:54The last thing I need tonight is listen to your stupid dribble.
05:57Don't get upset.
05:58I was just trying to...
05:59Don't try, all right?
06:00I am upset.
06:01I've got a right to get upset, so just shut your mouth, okay?
06:04Don't be like this.
06:05Please.
06:06I don't want to get into the world.
06:07I don't believe it.
06:08I don't want to get into the world.
06:08Just shut up, will you, you stupid woman?
06:11You're frightened.
06:12Look, I tell you something.
06:13You just keep going on and on and on and on.
06:15You open your mouth.
06:16Anything that comes out of it is just a lot of swamp.
06:18You can hardly be crazy with that shit.
06:20No, we're gonna leave the kids.
06:21So what?
06:21Who gets a shit?
06:23Everything's so simple for you, isn't it?
06:25That's because everything is going to be on a platter.
06:27Well, that ain't that easy for me, and it's never been that easy for me.
06:30What do you care as long as you get your knives out of it?
06:48Jesus, you want to get killed.
06:51Dad's going crazy again.
06:52You're hurting me.
06:53We've got to stop him this time.
06:55You're hurting me.
06:55We've got to stop him this time.
06:56Sit down.
06:58Sit.
06:58Sit down.
06:59Stop it.
07:00You're hurting me.
07:02You're hurting me.
07:03Shit.
07:05No, they've woken up the neighbors.
07:06I have to tell you.
07:07Frank, stop it.
07:08What are you doing?
07:14This stupid woman.
07:19I've tried to stop him before, Freddy.
07:22But he won't listen to anyone when he's like this.
07:30I was about the same size as you when it first started to happen.
07:34One night, I got in between him and Mom, and he beat the living daylights out of me, too.
07:43The next day, Mom told me to stay out of it.
07:46It had just made things worse.
07:57I hope the neighbors called police this time.
08:01Yeah, sure.
08:03Do you want to see them come and haul Dad away?
08:05Break up our family?
08:23It's gonna be okay, Freddy.
08:28It's all over now.
08:41Or, I'm so happy.
08:51It's so good.
08:52You'll be okay.
08:54But I'm not really happy to stay out of it.
08:56I'm so happy to stay out of the way.
08:56I'm so happy to stay out of it.
08:57I'm so happy to stay out of the way, too.
09:00I'm so happy to stay out of the way.
09:02Ok, great.
09:11There you go, it's scrambled, your favourite.
09:27Look, I'm sorry, are you okay?
09:36I am, Amy.
09:43I'm sorry.
09:49I don't know what happened to me.
09:54I didn't mean to hurt you.
09:59And it'll never happen again, I promise, it'll never happen again.
10:07Well, if it isn't the Honeymooners.
10:20Or is it the odd couple?
10:41I don't know.
10:50It's all.
10:53Put some milk on that, will you?
10:55It sounds like a chewing glass.
10:56And sit at the table like a human being.
11:01Yeah, right.
11:08Good morning.
11:10Where have you been?
11:11You better move or you're going to be late for school.
11:15I just woke up.
11:17I didn't sleep much last night.
11:20I wonder why.
11:31Well, you can go to bed earlier than night, huh?
11:44Well, maybe I'll knock off work early today.
11:49Take you out for a nice dinner.
11:53Oh, we haven't done that for a while, eh?
12:01Well, I'll give you a call from the office.
12:09Billy, I'd like a word with you outside.
12:32So, how's the car coming along?
12:35I'll give you a call from the office.
12:37Well, maybe 16 in a month.
12:39Just in time to get it out for the summer.
12:41You must be looking forward to that.
12:47You just remember one thing, you little smartass.
12:50Now, I can sell this beater just as fast as I bought it.
12:54So, don't you get too big for your britches.
12:56So, don't you get too big for your britches.
12:56You understand?
12:58You know, your only worry in life right now is acne.
13:01I take care of everything else.
13:03So, don't judge me.
13:08You'll understand when you're a man.
13:10Until then, you just put up and you shut up.
13:15Have you got it?
13:18Mum's the word.
13:36It's as they say, Billy.
13:39A man's home's his castle.
13:42I'm the king.
13:44You're just the, uh, crown prince.
14:12You need any help?
14:13No.
14:20You better get going, huh?
14:25Yeah.
14:27See ya.
14:44See ya.
14:46Billy!
14:49Billy!
14:51Billy!
14:52Billy!
14:53What?
14:54If you're not going to do something to help, Mum, then I will.
14:58Yeah?
14:59What are you going to do?
14:59Have a little heart-to-heart with Dad?
15:03Maybe I could talk to somebody else.
15:05Maybe they could do something.
15:08Yeah.
15:09Like who?
15:11Mrs. McCormick.
15:12Get serious.
15:12Your teacher can't do anything.
15:14Do you want the whole school to know about it?
15:15They treat us like we had AIDS or something.
15:17I don't care!
15:18I do.
15:20So why don't you say one word about this to anyone?
15:22Or you'll be sorry.
15:28If it was really that bad, Mum would do something about it, right?
15:33Hi, Billy.
15:34Just keep quiet about this, Freddie.
15:36I mean it.
15:38I'll take care of it.
15:39I promise.
15:41Hi.
15:41Hi.
15:42Hi, Freddie.
15:43Hi.
15:45Hey, what's the problem with you?
15:50Nothing.
15:53You look like you just lost your best friend or something.
15:57I don't know.
16:01Let's see at school.
16:07Don't do anything stupid, Freddie.
16:11What's going on?
16:12Nothing.
16:14Just slept on his face last night, that's all.
16:17I like Freddie.
16:18He's a cute kid.
16:20Yeah.
16:21Runs in the family.
16:22Ha, ha.
16:31Don't do anything.
16:32Oh!
16:34Wow!
17:16Good morning, Freddy.
17:18What are you doing here?
17:20The buzzer hasn't even got off yet.
17:25Is there something I could do for you?
17:33Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for
17:45thee and thy maintenance.
17:48Wendy, would you continue, please?
17:51Do I have to?
17:53Yep.
17:56I'm ashamed that women are so simple to offer war where they should kneel for peace or seek
18:02for rule, supremacy and sway when they are bound to serve, love and obey.
18:10Why are we very soft and weak and smooth, unapt to toil and trouble in the world, but that
18:20are soft conditions and our hearts?
18:40Well, good morning, Billy.
18:42Please have a seat.
18:52Indeed.
18:53Freddy has brought something to our attention that concerns us and which seems to have
18:58upset him a great deal.
19:01Oh, really?
19:02It involves your parents.
19:05Freddy told us that there seems to be some trouble at home.
19:09You idiot.
19:11Billy, we realize that these are very personal matters and they're hard to discuss.
19:15There's nothing to discuss.
19:16Freddy's lying.
19:17He's just trying to cause trouble.
19:18I am not!
19:19But why would he make up a story like this?
19:22Well, maybe he's trying to get even.
19:23What do you mean, get even?
19:26Got a real bad report last term, right?
19:29When Dad saw it, he tore a strip off him.
19:32Freddy's just trying to get him back.
19:34You're a liar.
19:35That's got nothing to do with it.
19:37You're just as bad as he is.
19:39You don't care about Mom.
19:41You just care about yourself.
19:43You just pretend it never happened so your friends don't think you have AIDS.
19:46Take it easy, Freddy.
19:48And you believe him, don't you?
19:50Freddy, this is a very serious accusation.
19:53Yeah.
19:54We don't want Dad going to jail just because you're so stupid.
19:56That's enough.
19:57Nobody's going to jail.
19:59I don't want him to go to jail.
20:01I just want him to stop.
20:04Freddy?
20:05Freddy?
20:14Oh, easy there, Freddy.
20:17Hey, what's wrong?
20:19Freddy, you okay?
20:21Freddy?
20:23What's the matter with Freddy?
20:25He always was a little hyper.
20:32Can I go now?
20:33I'll go.
20:35I'll go.
20:36I'm scared.
20:44I guess you're getting one.
20:45Okay.
20:47It's fine.
20:48Okay.
21:06Did you get dragged down to the office because of Freddy?
21:08Yeah.
21:09What did he do?
21:11He got caught making up another one of his stories.
21:16I could punch his little lights out.
21:17That doesn't sound like Freddy.
21:19Yeah.
21:21Some people are just full of surprises.
21:45Hi.
21:57Your teacher called.
22:00Said he'd probably be headed this way.
22:07I told them about last night and the other times, Mom.
22:18This was a wedding present.
22:23We lost the card.
22:26Never did figure out who it was from.
22:29Maybe we can put it back together.
22:35I hope not.
22:38I always thought it was ugly as sin.
22:45Your dad wanted it out on display in case whoever gave it to us dropped by one day.
22:55I guess he's not expecting her anymore.
23:03Do you still love Dad?
23:12I love, I love my family.
23:20I really tried to keep things together.
23:33I don't know why it just keeps coming apart on me.
23:41I'm really sorry, Freddy.
23:44I didn't mean to hurt you and Billy like we did.
23:47I'm so sorry.
23:53Why do you let him do it?
23:56I don't let him.
23:58He just gets carried away.
24:01I don't think he can help himself.
24:07Can you?
24:25The principal gave me this.
24:29It's a place where we can be safe.
24:43We knew about it.
24:46It's here.
24:55It's got to be safe.
24:55It's hard for them.
24:58It's ok.
25:04I don't know if he's struggling to sell it.
25:04I won't even go.
25:04It's very late.
25:04It's very bad.
25:04I'm so sorry.
25:07Let's have a tone.
25:07It's like I know.
25:08Boy, you're shocked and quiet today.
25:11You're acting as strange as Freddy.
25:14I was just thinking about what I have to do next on the car.
25:19Brakes, probably.
25:22Wish I could get in it right now and just drive her.
25:25Her? It's a female beater, huh?
25:28Yeah, I guess.
25:30And where would you take her?
25:32I don't know.
25:34Away, anywhere.
25:36Everywhere.
25:38I hope she's good on gas.
25:41Why don't you come over to my place?
25:43I'll show you what I've done.
25:46I can't. I have to get that essay done.
25:49I'll do it later.
25:50It is later.
25:52Come on, Wendy.
25:54I don't want to go back there alone.
25:57I mean, it's more fun when you're around.
26:02Fix the radio.
26:06Well, okay then.
26:07If the radio works.
26:13This is what it used to sound like.
26:20And here's what it sounds like now.
26:30Let's head for the coast.
26:33You better let me off at my place.
26:35I got too much homework to do.
26:36Look, like Louise.
26:41It's not like Louise.
26:42It's Niagara Falls.
26:44You're lost.
26:45And I really do have to get out here.
26:48See ya.
26:49But you just got here.
26:51Please stay, Wendy.
26:53Billy, don't be a weirdo.
26:55I gotta go, okay?
26:58I feel so alone, Wendy.
26:59I just need to hold you a while.
27:03What's wrong with you, Billy?
27:05Nothing.
27:06Don't spoil things.
27:08Come on.
27:08Let go of me right now.
27:10No, I don't want to.
27:11Billy, let go of me.
27:12I said, now let go.
27:13Just hug me for a while.
27:15Stop it.
27:16Let go.
27:17I don't want to lose you, Wendy.
27:19Billy, you're hurting me.
27:20Now stop it.
27:21I just need to be close to you.
27:23Don't you understand?
27:24Don't you understand?
27:24I said, stop it.
27:26I said, stop it.
27:27Billy, stop it.
27:28Mother.
27:29She said, stop it, Billy.
27:31So stop.
27:31You, you little bastard.
27:36You had it.
27:37First you have to go and spill your stupid guts out at school
27:40and now you're spying on me.
27:41I just came to get the suitcase.
27:45Mom phoned the shelter place and told them about Dad beating her up.
27:48Shut up, Freddie.
27:49They told her to get out of here
27:50before Dad gets home and for us to go and stay there.
27:53Shut up, you stupid shit.
27:55Stop it, Billy.
27:56You're acting like an idiot.
27:57I farted you.
27:59I told you not to tell anyone.
28:02Get out of here.
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28:27guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys
28:44Come on, Betty.
28:46Take me out.
28:50Well, you're right about one thing, Billy.
28:52People really are full of surprises.
28:55Looks like some people even surprise themselves.
29:01Mom's packing some of your stuff, Billy.
29:03She needs you.
29:05So do I.
29:09Okay.
29:17Bye-bye.
29:24Bye-bye.
29:29Bye-bye.
29:31Bye-bye.
29:32Bye-bye.
29:32Let's go.
30:15Why too late for you, Billy?
30:37Why too late for you, Billy?
31:06Why too late for you, Billy?
31:49Why too late for you, Billy?
31:53Why too late for you, Billy?
31:57Why too late for you, Billy?
32:02I suppose you're behind all this.
32:10It says here in this note your mother left me she was taking you with her.
32:18Don't tell me you got tired of hiding behind her skirt.
32:24You know, Dad,
32:27I love you.
32:32For as long as I can remember, ever since I was a little kid,
32:38I always wished that I'd grow up to be just like you.
32:43What scares me now the most
32:47is that that wish just may come true.
32:58I know I got a little, um...
33:03I know I get a little too rough sometimes.
33:07But I told your mother I was sorry.
33:12And then I come home and find this and everybody's gone.
33:19And the next thing I know the police are here handing me a restraining order.
33:22I'm not even allowed to see her.
33:26And then they tell me I...
33:29I have to be out of my own house in three days so she can move back in.
33:32I'm...
33:34You know, I don't deserve this, Billy.
33:39Maybe now you know what it feels like to get beat up.
33:44Dammit, I...
33:46I told her I was sorry.
33:49I'm sorry too, Dad.
33:51I'm sorry Mom didn't do this a long time ago.
33:54Maybe by now we would have had things straightened out.
34:05Man's wife doesn't have the right to do this, Billy.
34:12Well, maybe your wife doesn't.
34:15But my mother sure does.
34:37There's the keys to the beer.
35:05I've got it!
35:09So I'm sorry.
35:11I'm sorry.
35:27I was like, what do you think there's been a long time of coffee?
35:27There are two hours I spent two hours of coffee here.
35:28I need a drink, and I'll take like a drink.
35:28It's fine.
35:29And sometimes I'm eating some soup.
35:29I made a drink for some coffee, so I'm going to drink and drink.
35:29And then I'll take one more coffee.
35:30I'm ready to drink with a drink.
35:31I'll take a drink for a drink.
35:40Good night, Billy.
35:56Take me to the Wolseley House on Jefferson, please.
36:21Good night, Billy.
36:50Good night, Billy.
37:22Good night, Billy.
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