Film Synopsis
Down to the Dirt is a darkly humorous chronicle of one man’s improbable redemption. Keith Kavanagh (Joel Thomas Hynes) is the turbulent hero of this visceral feature film adaptation of the internationally acclaimed novel.
As we meet Keith Kavanagh, he may have almost burned down the north side of the Cove, his small Newfoundland hometown. His hard-drinking, hard-ticket, hooligan ways have made him a legend throughout the southern shore. He keeps his ragged collection of Bukowski-esque poetry a closely guarded secret… as well as his deep regret towards his shattered relationship with his father (Robert Joy).
When he meets the darkly exotic Natasha (Mylène Savoie), Keith’s life is changed forever. A firecracker much like himself, the beautiful Natasha longs to break free from the small town, small mind existence of the Cove. For once Keith feels passion not for debauchery and destruction, but for something even more dangerous: love.
After a rash move to St. John’s that ends in the botched mercy killing of their beloved kitty Puss-Cat (and soon fed-up with Keith’s self-adventures), Natasha leaves him to move to Halifax. Alone and as self-abusingly over-dramatic as always, Keith faces the reality he has spent his lifetime neglecting: that he alone is responsible for his own miserable lot in life. He decides there is but one way to save himself from certain ruin: He must get to Halifax. He must find Natasha!
Down to the Dirt is a sexy, scary, and funny ride about creating a new self out of the burning ashes of the old.