Broken Things of Bonavista

Gussie Quinn, an orphan and chronic runaway, escapes his dire living conditions in Montreal and journeys to Bonavista, a picturesque town on Newfoundland’s rugged coast. There, he meets his enigmatic grandfather, a peculiar hermit who runs a repair shop called BROKEN THINGS.

As Gussie hides out in the tiny town, the residents of Bonavista reveal to him a local belief: as his grandfather mends their broken objects, their personal struggles are also mended. They proudly recount remarkable transformations, such as a woman’s restored mirror boosting her self-assurance and a man’s repaired bicycle reconnecting him with his estranged daughter.

Initially skeptical, Gussie labels his grandfather as a con artist. However, as he spends time in the shop and witnesses inexplicable occurrences, he becomes emotionally invested in the customers’ transformative journeys. This presents him with a dilemma: to accept his grandfather or confront him as a fraud, potentially involving the Quebec authorities and an incarcerated return to Montreal.