Shoemaker (1996)

Directed by

Colleen Murphy

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man with an intellectual disability works in a shoe repair shop. He meets a woman at a grocery store and begins a romantic relationship with her.

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What happens

Shoemaker is a 1996 Canadian drama film directed by Colleen Murphy. 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. The cast also includes George Buza and Ellen-Ray Hennessy. The film premiered at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released theatrically in Canada and Germany in 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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