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Directed by | Rosemary House |
Written by | Rosemary House |
Produced by | Mary Sexton |
Starring | Mary Walsh Peter MacNeill Andrew Younghusband Susan Kent |
Cinematography | Ivan Gekoff |
Edited by | Trevor Ambrose |
Music by | Paul Steffler |
Production companies | Dark Flowers Alliance Atlantis |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Violet is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Rosemary House and released in 2000.[1] The film stars Mary Walsh as Violet O'Brien, a 54-year-old widow who is convinced that she is going to die within the next year because her parents and her older brother all died at age 55.[2]
The cast also includes Andrew Younghusband as Violet's son Carlos, a gay university professor visiting from his academic job in Montreal and trying to teach everybody to speak Italian; Barry Newhook as her son Rex, a deadbeat musician; Susan Kent as her daughter Ramona, a potter; and Peter MacNeill as Rusty, a hired hand with a romantic interest in Violet; as well as Berni Stapleton, Janis Spence, Raoul Bhaneja, Janet Michael, Maisie Rillie, Sherry White, Brian Hennessey, Ron Hynes and Jody Richardson in supporting roles.[3]