''Bordertown Café'' is a 1992 Canadian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

produced and directed by

Norma Bailey Norma Bailey (born 1949, in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian film writer, producer, and director whose work is rooted in feminist and intersectional film theory. Bailey has directed several films, both in English and French and in various dif ...

and written by

Kelly Rebar Kelly Rebar (born 1956 in Lethbridge, Alberta) is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter, best known for the play and film '' Bordertown Café''.

, based on her 1987 play of the same name."Cafe connects cultures". ''

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'', November 27, 1992. The film stars

Janet Wright Janet Wright (March 8, 1945 – November 14, 2016) was an English-born Canadian actress and theatre director. She was best known for her role as Emma Leroy on the Canadian sitcom, ''Corner Gas''. She performed in many film and television shows, ...

and Susan Hogan. Set in

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, ''Bordertown Café'' was filmed outside of

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. Hogan plays Marlene, the divorced owner of a small café in a rural Alberta town near the

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, whose life is turned upside down when her son Jimmy (

Gordon Michael Woolvett Gordon Michael Woolvett (born 1970) is a Canadian actor from Hamilton, Ontario. Career Woolvett's most enduring role was as Seamus Zelazny Harper on the television series '' Andromeda'' (2000–2005). Prior to ''Andromeda'' he starred in anoth ...

) is offered the opportunity to go live with his father and his father's new wife in the States. Wright plays Maxine, Marlene's mother and Jimmy's grandmother. She won the

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at the

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ceremony. Rebar was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Lara Mazur was nominated for Best Editing."Genie award nominations". ''

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'', November 20, 1992.

Cast

* Susan Hogan as Marlene *

as Maxine * Lora Schroeder as Linda * Victor Cowie as Chuck * James Holland as Quint * Rugard Drusche as Wally * Ted Felbel as Carl * Alec McClure as Nedchuk * Margaret Anne MacLeod as Aunt Thelma * Dorothy Montpetit as Mae * Ruth De Graves as Dee * Samantha Chemerika as Dee's Daughter * Wil Parrott as Dee's Son *

Donna Lewis Donna Lewis is a British singer from Cardiff, Wales. She is best known for the 1996 pop hit single " I Love You Always Forever". Lewis teamed up with Richard Marx on the 1997 adult contemporary hit " At the Beginning" for the ''Anastasia'' so ...

as Joy * Pauline Broderick as Mrs. Nedchuck * Martha Little as Barb * Maureen Young-Howarth as Jill * Kim Johnston as Tom * Bobby Jones as Bran *

Nicholas Campbell Nicholas Campbell (born 24 March 1952) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is a four-time Gemini Awards, Gemini Award winner, a three-time Genie Awards, Genie Award nominee, and a Canadian Screen Awards, Canadian Screen Award nominee. He is k ...

as Don * Sean McCann as Jim * Ric Reid as Bob *

as Jimmy

References

External links

* 1991 films 1991 drama films 1990s Canadian films 1990s English-language films Canada–United States border Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Canadian films based on plays Films directed by Norma Bailey Films set in Alberta Films set in restaurants Films shot in Manitoba {{1990s-Canada-film-stub