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Director:
Writers:
Carol Shields (novel)
Deepa Mehta (screen story)
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Release Date:
13 February 2004 (Canada) more
Tagline:
Geography is destiny
Plot:
A story of love and enchantment set in the coldest of winters, it explores the issues, dilemmas and... more | add synopsis
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Ms. Shields deserved better more (9 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kate Lynch | ... | Dr. French | |
| Kate Kelton | ... | Mother #1 | |
| Sunday Muse | ... | Mother #2 | |
| Brooke D'Orsay | ... | Mother #3 | |
| Bruce Greenwood | ... | Tom Avery | |
| Jackie Burroughs | ... | Betty | |
| Alec Stockwell | ... | Mike | |
| Emilia Fox | ... | Fay | |
| Lloyd Owen | ... | Peter | |
| Gary Farmer | ... | Ted | |
| Edward Fox | ... | Richard | |
| Kenneth Wickes | ... | Mr. Duff | |
| David Huband | ... | Sammy | |
| Rebecca Jenkins | ... | Maeve | |
| Connor Price | ... | Gary Woloschuck |
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Canada:95 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Canada:14A (Ontario)
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Emilia Fox (Fay) is the real life daughter of Edward Fox (Richard). more
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Features Bollywood/Hollywood (2002) more
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27 Mothers more
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Words cannot describe the distance between the novel and the piece of work on the screen. Yes, I know, "novels suffer in transition to the screen." But they should not suffer this badly. Carol shields deserves better treatment and not from a "Bollywood" director who claims to be Canadian by paperwork.