A selective description and a discussion of a contemporary Canadian film are presented. Through an elaboration on depictions of the protagonist's psychic suffering in this work of fiction, the film discussion revisits classic psychoanalytic perspectives on adolescent delinquent behaviour that have contemporary relevance. Freud's “The Uncanny” and its historical relation to some fundamental clinical concepts such as superego and projective identification are also considered, with reference to the influence of Clifford Scott on Melanie Klein's work and the origins of the latter concept.