Release Date
20 Apr, 1977
Runtime
01:40: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
The coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is told. The son of the local pharmacist Gerald O'Connal, Brian is in many ways a typical boy, who dislikes school if only because of his run-ins with the nervous schoolteacher, Miss MacDonald, and who tries to catch gophers with his friends, Artie and Forbsie. His best friend and protector is slightly older Jonathan Ben, better known as The Young Ben (as his father is referred to as The Ben), who is highly regarded as a problem by those in town who see themselves as the moral authority if only because of The Young Ben's association to The Ben, the town still keeper and drunk. Brian's life takes a turn when his parents have to leave town temporarily, while Brian stays on his Uncle Sean's farm. That stint leads to a series of events which make Brian see life around him through slightly older and wiser eyes.
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Actors
Brian Painchaud
José Ferrer
Gordon Pinsent
Helen Shaver
Patricia Hamilton
Chapelle Jaffe
Cedric Smith
Linda Lawrence
Leslie Carlson
Thomas Hauff
Crew
Allan King
W.O. Mitchell
