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Drylanders (1963)

Drylanders poster
Directed by
Don Haldane
Genre
drama film
Country
United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family moves to the Canadian prairies to start a farm. They struggle against harsh weather and isolation over many years.

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What happens

Drylanders is a 1962 Canadian Western film directed by Don Haldane and Written by M. Charles Cohen and starring Frances Hyland and James B. Douglas. It was the National Film Board of Canada's first English-language feature film and its earliest entry outside of the documentary format. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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