The Grocer's Wife

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The Grocer’s Wife
Directed by John Pozer
Written byJohn Pozer
Produced byJohn Pozer
Starring
Cinematography Peter Wunstorf
Edited by
Music by Mark Korven
Release date
  • September 5, 1991 (1991-09-05)(TIFF)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Grocer's Wife is a 1991 Canadian drama film written, produced and directed by John Pozer. [1] It won the inaugural Claude Jutra Award for best feature film by a first-time director. [2]

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Synopsis

Set in Trail, British Columbia, [1] the film stars Simon Webb as Tim Midley, an emissions inspector at the local smokestack who lives with his domineering mother Mildred (Andrea Rankin). When his mother falls ill, he invites stripper Anita Newlove (Susinn McFarlen) to move in with him, while simultaneously fending off the advances of Mrs. Friendly (Nicola Cavendish), the wife of the neighbourhood grocer. [1]

The film was also noted for giving rise to the "West Coast Wave" of Canadian filmmakers in the 1990s; several film students who would later go on to become prominent in Canadian cinema, including directors Lynne Stopkewich, Mina Shum and Bruce Sweeney, editor and director Reginald Harkema and cinematographer Greg Middleton, worked on The Grocer's Wife as one of their first filmmaking jobs. [1]

Awards

The film premiered at the 1991 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Film jury. [3] Although an honorable mention comes with no financial recompense, Atom Egoyan, who had won the award for The Adjuster , declined his $25,000 winner's cheque and instead gave it to Pozer. [3]

Cavendish won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 14th Genie Awards. [1] At the same ceremony, Pozer won the Claude Jutra Award, and Mark Korven was nominated for Best Original Score.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The Grocer's Wife at the Toronto International Film Festival's Canadian Film Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ Claude Jutra Award entry at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. 1 2 Mark Bastien, "Film festival winner gives $25,000 away". Montreal Gazette , September 16, 1991.
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