''The Drawer Boy'' is a Canadian drama film, which was directed by
Arturo Pérez Torres
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, and released in 2017. An adaptation of
Michael Healey
Michael Healey is a Canadian playwright and actor. He graduated from the acting programme at Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School in 1985. His acting credits include the plays of Jason Sherman (''The League of Nathans'', ''Reading Hebron'' and ''Thr ...
's play ''
The Drawer Boy
''The Drawer Boy'' is a play by Michael Healey. It is a two-act play set in 1972 on a farm near Clinton, Ontario. There are only three characters: the farm's two owners, Morgan and Angus, and Miles Potter, a young actor from Toronto doing researc ...
'', the film stars Jakob Ehman as Miles, a young actor who takes a job as a labourer on a farm owned by lifelong friends Morgan (
Richard Clarkin
Richard Clarkin is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his performance in the 2017 film ''The Drawer Boy'', for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.Stuart Hughes
Stuart Hughes (born June 9, 1959) is a Canadian actor known for his leading roles on the stages of many Canadian theatre companies, including Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival and Soulpepper Theatre Company (of which he is a founding member).
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), but finds that his presence has a destabilizing effect on the men's friendship.
The film premiered at the
Heartland Film Festival
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in 2017, and had its Canadian premiere at the
Canadian Film Festival
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in 2018. At the Canadian Film Festival, it won the award for Best Feature Film.
At the
7th Canadian Screen Awards
The 7th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018. in 2019, the film received nominations for
Best Supporting Actor (Clarkin) and
Best Screenplay
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(Pérez Torres). Clarkin won the award for Best Supporting Actor.
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, March 31, 2019.
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