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The Exchange (2021)

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The Exchange

Elevation Pictures/First Generation Films/Los Angeles Media Fund/Who's On First/Telefilm Canada/Crave

Quiver Distribution

Release date: 7/30/2021

My Rating: 7/10

#whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 68%

Directed by

Dan Mazer

Written by

Tim Long

Produced by

Dan Hine, Christina Piovesan and Noah Segal

Starring 

Ed Oxenbould as Tim

Avan Jogia as Stéphane

Justin Hartley as Gary Rothbauer

Jennifer Irwin as Sheila

Paul Braunstein as Glenn

Jayli Wolf as Brenda

Melanie Leishman as Diane

Cinematography

Jean-Phillippe Bernier

Edited by

Mark Davies

Music by

Michael Smith and Christopher Bauschinger

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