| A Small Fortune | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Adam Perry |
| Written by | Adam Perry |
| Produced by | Jason Arsenault Jenna MacMillan Mary Sexton |
| Starring | Stephen Oates Liane Balaban Joel Thomas Hynes |
| Cinematography | Jeff Wheaton |
| Edited by | Justin Oakey |
| Music by | Andrew Staniland |
Production company | Saltwater Films |
| Distributed by | levelFilm |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
A Small Fortune is a 2021 Canadian crime drama film, written and directed by Adam Perry.[1] The film stars Stephen Oates as Kevin Doucette, a man living in a small village in Prince Edward Island who makes a subsistence living harvesting sea moss on the coast; resisting the urging of his wife Sam (Liane Balaban) that he leave the province to look for more stable and well-paying work, one day he finds a large stash of money on the beach and hides it for himself, only to be drawn into danger when Troy (Joel Thomas Hynes) arrives looking for it.[2]
The cast also includes Matt Cooke and Andrea Bang as police officers.[2]
The film, Perry's feature directorial debut, was an expansion of his earlier short film A Blessing from the Sea, and received funding from Telefilm Canada in 2019.[3]
The film premiered at the FIN Atlantic Film Festival in September 2021,[4] and was screened at the Charlottetown Film Festival in October.[5] It was subsequently screened at the 2022 Manchester Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Screenplay,[6] and at the 2022 Canadian Film Festival,[7] before going into commercial release in April 2022.[1]
- ^ a b Chris Knight, "Film review: A Small Fortune". National Post, April 1, 2022.
- ^ a b Jennie Punter, "A Small Fortune: Go On, Take the Money and Don’t Run and See What Happens". Original Cin, March 18, 2022.
- ^ Tony Davis, "P.E.I. filmmaker gets the green light for feature-length thriller". CBC News Prince Edward Island, April 4, 2019.
- ^ Stephen Cooke, "FIN Atlantic International Film Fest announces in-person, online lineup". SaltWire Network, August 25, 2021.
- ^ "Charlottetown Film Festival celebrates films from and about Atlantic Canada". CBC News, October 18, 2021.
- ^ Dave Stewart, "P.E.I.-made film A Small Fortune wins international award". SaltWire Network, March 29, 2022.
- ^ Peter Howell, "The 2022 Canadian Film Fest begins streaming March 22 on Super Channel". Toronto Star, March 17, 2022.