New Waterford Girl (1999)

Directed by

Allan Moyle

Genre

comedy drama, boxing film, teen film, coming-of-age film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl in a small Nova Scotia town feels trapped and bored. She gets a new neighbor from New York City who is strange and also a talented boxer. The two girls become friends and try to shake things up.

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What happens

New Waterford Girl is a 1999 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, and written by Tricia Fish. It stars Liane Balaban as Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie, a teenager in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, who dreams of life beyond her small-town home. She is inspired and fascinated when Lou Benzoa (Tara Spencer-Nairn), an idiosyncratic girl from New York City, moves into the house next door. Agnes learns Lou has a talent for boxing, leading to her taking Lou in as "muscle" in an attempt to make some changes around town. The film's cast also includes Mary Walsh, Nicholas Campbell, Cathy Moriarty, Andrew McCarthy, Mark McKinney, Bette MacDonald, Ashley MacIsaac, Krista MacDonald, Cassie MacDonald, Darren Keay, Patrick Joyce, Marguerite McNeil and Jeff Ryan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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