Synopsis
In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what you do, you can't avoid the spectre of the pit forever.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Mort RansenDirector
- Gerald WexlerScreenplay
- Mort RansenScreenplay
Cast
- Helena Bonham CarterMargaret MacNeil
- Clive RussellNeil Currie
- Craig OlejnikJimmy MacNeil
- Kate NelliganCatherine MacNeil
- Kenneth WelshAngus MacNeil
- Andrea MorrisMarilyn
- Paul YoungDoctor 1
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Themes
based on novel or bookminingnova scotia, canadadance lessoncoal miningbagpipe1940scape breton