Monica's News (2024)

Directed by

Pamela Gallant

Genre

drama, crime

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 24m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1970s smalltown Nova Scotia, a young girl named Casey Richards takes on a newspaper delivery route, a job not typical for girls at the time. Her sense of independence and idealism is shaken when her older cousin Monica is murdered.

gentlenostalgicbittersweetquietsoberingearnestsmall-town

What happens

Monica's News is a 2024 Canadian drama film written and directed by Pamela Gallant. The film stars Polly Gallant-Maclean as Casey Richards, a young girl living in smalltown Nova Scotia in the 1970s who starts to establish her own independence by taking a newspaper delivery route despite that not being a common job for girls in that era, only to see her idealism challenged when her older cousin Monica (Elisa Paszt) is murdered. The cast also includes Kevin Kincaid, Allegra Fulton, James Gilbert, Jessica Gallant, Vox Smith, Hank White, Emma Vickers, Allister MacDonald, David Mortimer, Stacy Smith, Morgan Melnyk, Isaac Leblanc, Maria Young, Wiljo Martin, Mark A. Owen, Lesley Smith and Cooper Watson in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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