Saint Jude (2000)

Directed by

John L'Ecuyer

Genre

drama, romance

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

3.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl named Jude lives with a dysfunctional family and works the streets of Montreal as a prostitute and drug addict. Her father struggles with her choices while her sister dates an HIV-positive boyfriend.

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What happens

Saint Jude is a 2000 Canadian drama film directed by John L'Ecuyer. The film stars Liane Balaban as Jude, a teenage girl from a dysfunctional family who hangs out on the streets of Montreal as a prostitute and drug addict. The cast includes Nicholas Campbell as Jude's father, Victoria Sanchez as her sister Maureen, Kris Lemche as Maureen's HIV+ drug addict boyfriend Gabe and Bernie Coulson as Big Al, as well as Raymond Cloutier, Louise Portal, Victor Soumis, Simon Peacock, Tom Watt, Daniela Akerblom, Robert Morin, David DiSalvio, Arizona O'Neill, Mary Morter, Gerald L'Ecuyer, Griffith Brewer and Sasha Dominique in supporting roles. The screenplay was written by Heather O'Neill and Esta Spalding, based in part on O'Neill's short story "Big Al". It was shot in Montreal in spring 1999. The film premiered in the Perspective Canada program at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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