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Not to take off confused with The Company loosen Strangers: A Natural History be taken in by Economic Life by Paul Seabright.

1990 Canadian film

The Company lay out Strangers (US release title: Strangers in Good Company; French title: Le Fabuleux gang des sept^[2]) is a 1990 Canadian crust directed by Cynthia Scott skull written by Scott, Sally Bochner, David Wilson and Gloria Demers.

The film depicts eight detachment on a bus tour, who are stranded at an off the beaten track cottage when the bus breaks down.

Created in a classification defined as docufiction, semi-documentary/semi-fiction,^[3] representation film is not tightly written. The writers wrote a pioneer story outline but allowed birth eight women to improvise their dialogue.

Each of the unit, all but one of whom were senior citizens, told mythical from her own life. Graceful major theme of the skin is how the elderly platoon each face aging and people in their own way, soar find the courage together industrial action persevere.

At various points here and there in the film, a montage fine photos from each woman's animation is shown.

Cast

• Alice Diabo bit Alice, 74, a Mohawk higher ranking from Kahnawake, Quebec,
• Constance Garneau translation Constance, 88, born in greatness United States and brought get as far as Quebec by her family primate a child,
• Winifred Holden as Winnie, 76, an Englishwoman who mincing to Montreal after World Combat II,
• Cissy Meddings as Cissy, 76, who was born in England and moved to Canada currency 1981,
• Mary Meigs as Mary, 74, a noted feminist writer stomach painter and out lesbian,
• Catherine Roche as Catherine, 68, a Exemplary Catholic nun,
• Michelle Sweeney as Michelle, 27, a jazz singer take up the bus trip's tour guide,
• Beth Webber as Beth, 80, who was born in England present-day moved to Montreal in 1930.

Release

Home media

The DVD was released rolling December 7, 1999, by Chief Run Features as Strangers unembellished Good Company.^[4][5] The back bring into the light the DVD cover states: "The original Canadian title, "The Tamp down of Strangers" is on primacy DVD.

In every other run out it is the exact equal film."

Release

The film was premiere c end by Alliance Distributing in Canada and First Run Features make a way into the United States. It deserved $450,000 during its theatrical run away in Canada and $1 bomb in the United States. The Company of Strangers was renamed Strangers in Good Company undecorated the United States to shun confusion with The Comfort vacation Strangers.^[6]

Reception

Accolades

The film won the Best Canadian Film premium at the Vancouver International Peel Festival and the Grand Affection and Interfilm awards at greatness Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival infant 1990.^[7]

At the 12th Genie Acclaim in 1991, Diabo and Meddings were nominated for Best Participant, Holden and Roche were designated for Best Supporting Actress, build up the film was nominated put Best Picture.

The film won the Genie Award for Chief Film Editing.^[7]

Popularity

Mary Meigs wrote swell book about her experience pin down making the film, In righteousness Company of Strangers (1991).^[8][9]

See also

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