''The Uncles'' is a 2000 Canadian drama film directed by

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. The film stars Chris Owens as John, an Italian Canadian restaurant manager in

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who is supporting his brother Marco (Kelly Harms), a college student, and sister Celia (Tara Rosling), who is disabled after a head injury. When Celia develops an obsession with kidnapping neighbourhood babies to indulge her maternal instincts, John and Marco hatch a plan to get her

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so that she'll have her own baby and stop stealing other people's. The film's cast also includes

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, Veronica Hurnick, Nicola Lipman,

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, Alan Van Sprang,

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and Carlos Díaz. The film premiered at the

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. It was a finalist for the Best Canadian Film award at the

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2001 5th TFCA Awards December 20, 2001 ---- Best Film: Memento The 5th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2001, were held on 20 December 2001. Winners * Best Actor: ** Ed Harris – ''Pollock'' Runners-Up: J ...

, and was named to TIFF's year-end

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list. Owens received a

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nomination for

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at the

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in 2002."Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". ''

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'', December 13, 2001.

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