Sweet Angel Mine

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Sweet Angel Mine
Directed byCurtis Radclyffe
Written by
Produced by
  • Sam Taylor
  • Christopher Zimmer
Music by Daniel Lanois & John McCarthy
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Canada

Sweet Angel Mine is a 1996 thriller film directed by Curtis Radclyffe. [1]

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Plot

Paul, a young man from London, arrives in the small Nova Scotia town of Milestone, where his long lost father was last seen years earlier. Paul is eager to find out what brought his father to this remote community. He meets Rauchine, a young, beautiful and unaffected girl who lives with her unstable mother and domineering grandmother on a nearby island, who is eking out a harsh and isolated living. Paul finds himself enmeshed in a web of jealousy, bitterness and fear as his attraction to Rauchine begins to grow. After a failed attempt to leave the island with Paul, Rauchine must make a crucial decision and break the cycle of violence and death that has marked her life.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "History of Fantas through Awards". Fantasporto . Retrieved 31 August 2010.