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Production Companies
Mortimer And Ogilvy Productions
The Lotus Eaters
"A Coming Of Age Movie Where What's Coming Of Age Is An Entire Era"
Overview
Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light of Galiano Island is beautifully rendered in writer/producer Peggy Thompson's The Lotus Eaters, and that's not the only elusive element that this film has captured. In revisiting its particular time and place - the Gulf Islands of the early '60s -Thompson obviously draws on her own family experiences there. For those who share Thompson's love of Gulf Islands magic, the elements she has assembled will feel as familiar as their own childhood blanket. But there are problems at the core of this story about a family's loss of innocence.
Key Crew
Director: Paul Shapiro
Screenplay: Peggy Thompson
Director of Photography: Thomas Burstyn
Top Cast
Tara Frederick
Cleo Kingswood
Aloka McLean
Zoe Kingswood
R.H. Thomson
Hal Kingswood
Sheila McCarthy
Diana Kingswood
Andrea Libman
Jo Spittle
Tony Dakota
Geoffrey
Jacques Hubert
Mr. Ralston
Frances Hyland
Flora Kingswood
