My Winnipeg (2007)

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	Ann Savage	...	Mother
	Louis Negin	...	Mayor Cornish
	Amy Stewart	...	Janet Maddin
	Darcy Fehr	...	Guy Maddin
	Brendan Cade	...	Cameron Maddin
	Wesley Cade	...	Ross Maddin
	Lou Profeta	...	Himself
	Fred Dunsmore	...	Himself
	Kate Yacula	...	Citizen Girl
	Jacelyn Lobay	...	Gwenyth Lloyd
	Eric Nipp	...	Viscount Gort
	Jennifer Palichuk	...	Althea Cornish
	Deborah Carlson
	Kevin Harris
	Scott Hamel

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Filmmaker Guy Maddin was born, raised and has always lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a town where he says everyone sleepwalks through life. He is trying to escape Winnipeg, but isn't sure how as he isn't sure what's kept him there in the first place. Perhaps his parent's month long 65th wedding anniversary celebration (despite his father being dead for some years) where he will reenact his childhood (with actors playing his family, except his mother who plays herself) in the old family home at 800 Ellis Avenue, which was above the family's hair salon business, will provide some answers. He recounts some civic events which have affected him and the life of Winnipegers: the 1919 general strike, the destruction of the Wolseley Elm in 1957, and the replacement of the iconic Eaton's building for the new hockey arena in favor of the old Winnipeg Arena. The latter... Written by Huggo  

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