Bordertown Café

19931 h 40 min 35 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction

Direction: Norma Bailey

Production: Norma BaileyStephen J. RothJoe MacDonaldChes Yetman

Script: Kelly Rebar

Co-produced by Cinexus and Flat City Films Inc. in association with the NFB and with the financial assistance of CBC, Allarcom Pay Television Ltd., First Choice Canadian Communications Corporation, Telefilm Canada and the Canada-Manitoba Cultural Industries Development Office.

Marlene is the owner of a nostalgic cafe on the border of Canada and the U.S.A.. Filled with quirky and charming characters, life at the cafe is exciting, entertaining and sometimes chaotic. The envy of his friends because of his eccentric lifestyle, Marlene's seventeen-year-old son, Jimmy dreams of a life behind a white picket fence. His mother's attachment to the past and her reluctance to move on, severely strains their relationship. Jimmy's wishes come true when his father remarries, and asks Jimmy to join him in his new life. The stability that Jimmy has been yearning for is suddenly at his fingertips. Jimmy feels inexplicably torn. Marlene, devastated with the news, finally finds herself reaching out to Jimmy.

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Subject categories


  • Families > AdolescentsDivorce and SeparationParent-Child Relationships
  • Social Issues > AdolescentsFamily LifeRural Life

Credits


director
Norma Bailey
producer
Norma Bailey
executive producer
Stephen J. Roth
associate producer
Joe MacDonald
Ches Yetman
script
Kelly Rebar
photography
Ian Elkin
editing
Lara Mazur
sound editing
Gael MacLean
music
Ben Mink
cast
Susan Hogan
Janet Wright
Gordon Woolvett
Sean McCann
Nicholas Campbell
Ric Reid
Lora Schroeder
Victor Cowie
James Holland
Rugard Drusche