The Twentieth Century

“Blistering shame! Unbridled passions! Pulse-quickening tribulation!”

In Toronto in 1899, Mackenzie King (Dan Beirne) is certain he is destined to become Prime Minister, and he sets about the climb with fierce devotion. Matthew Rankin stages his rise in painted, theatrical sets, and the obstacles come in the form of his own obsessions as much as his rivals, among them Arthur Meighen (Brent Skagford). Through all of it King stays earnest and solemn, a man who has never doubted for a moment that the country is waiting for him.