Shoemaker (film)

Shoemaker
Directed byColleen Murphy
Written byJaan Kolk
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyChristophe Bonnière
Edited byWiebke von Carolsfeld
Production
company
Subjective Eye
Release date
  • September 9, 1996 (1996-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
80 min.
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Shoemaker is a 1996 Canadian drama film directed by Colleen Murphy.[1] It was written by Jaan Kolk and produced by Elizabeth Yake for Subjective Eye and the Canadian Film Centre.

The film stars Randy Hughson as Carey, a man with an intellectual disability who works in a shoe repair shop owned by Paul (Hardee T. Lineham); one day, Carey meets and begins a romantic relationship with Anna (Alberta Watson), a woman he meets at the grocery store.[2] The cast also includes George Buza and Ellen-Ray Hennessy.

The film premiered at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and was released theatrically in Canada and Germany in 1997.

  1. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 196.
  2. ^ Judy Gerstel, "Shoemaker shows promise". Toronto Star, April 25, 1997.
  3. ^ Rob Salem, "Drama opens film series Perspective Canada at festival". Toronto Star, July 24, 1996.