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Still Mine (2012)

Still Mine poster
Directed by
Michael McGowan
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An elderly farmer fights with a local official for permission to build a new house for his wife whose health is declining. The story is based on a real couple and watches him navigate bureaucracy while caring for her.

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What happens

Still Mine is a 2012 Canadian romantic drama film. The film had a limited release under its original title Still at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival; it had a general release on May 3, 2013. Written and directed by Michael McGowan and based on a true story, the film stars James Cromwell as Craig Morrison, a farmer in rural St. Martins, New Brunswick who battles a government bureaucrat (Jonathan Potts) for the right to build a new house for his ailing wife Irene (Geneviève Bujold) when their existing home no longer suits her health needs. The international distribution rights were licensed by Cinema Management Group. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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