| Mount Pleasant | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ross Weber |
| Written by | Ross Weber |
| Produced by | Kimberley Wakefield |
| Starring | Benjamin Ratner Camille Sullivan Shawn Doyle Kelly Rowan Katie Boland Tygh Runyan |
| Cinematography | Asaf Benny |
| Edited by | Karen Porter |
| Music by | Marc Bjorknas |
Production company | L'Étranger Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Odeon Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Mount Pleasant is a 2006 Canadian drama film, directed by Ross Weber.[1]
Set in the Vancouver, British Columbia, neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant, the film centres on three families brought together by fate: Doug (Benjamin Ratner) and Sarah (Camille Sullivan), a young couple who have just moved into the neighbourhood but face a crisis when their young daughter Courtney (Haley Guiel) has to undergo HIV testing after accidentally pricking herself on a used needle discarded in their yard; Stephen (Shawn Doyle) and Anne (Kelly Rowan) Burrows, a wealthy couple challenged by the rebelliousness of their teenage daughter Megan (Genevieve Buechner); and Nadia (Katie Boland) and Nick (Tygh Runyan), an underage prostitute whom Stephen is hiring for sex and her drug addict boyfriend.[2]
The cast also includes Jillian Fargey, Nancy Sivak, Jennifer Clement, Nicole LaPlaca, William MacDonald, Mylène Dinh-Robic, Sophie Yendole, Cam Cronin, Megan Leitch and Peter LaCroix.
The film premiered at the 2006 Vancouver International Film Festival,[3] before going into commercial release in early 2007.