Tramp at the Door (1985)
- Directed by
- Allan Kroeker
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A vagrant shows up at a farmer's home in Manitoba and claims to be a long-lost relative. The farmer and his wife must decide whether to believe him and what to do.
quietgentlereflectiveunderstatedslow-pacedmelancholicatmospherichumanistic
What happens
Tramp at the Door is a Canadian television film, directed by Allan Kroeker and broadcast in 1985. Adapted from the Gabrielle Roy short story "Tramp at the Door" ("Un vagabond frappe à notre porte"), the film stars Ed McNamara as Gustave, a Russian vagrant who arrives at the farm of Franco-Manitoban couple Albert (August Schellenberg) and Madeleine (Monique Mercure) Fournier pretending to be a long-lost relative from Quebec. The cast also included Joanna Schellenberg, Eric Peterson, Jean-Louis Hébert, Melissa Dixon, Ian Wilson, James Martin, Stan Thomas, Len Klady, Kelly Sisson and Dennis Young. The film was produced by Winnipeg independent television station CKND under its program of funding Manitoba film productions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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