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The Boys of St. Vincent - 15 Years Later
19921 h 32 min 35 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction
Direction: John N. Smith
Production: Sam GranaClaudio LucaColin NealeNicole de Rochemont
Script: Des WalshJohn N. SmithSam Grana
Co-produced by Les Productions Télé-Action Inc. and the NFB in association with the CBC and with the financial assistance of Telefilm Canada.
This realistic two-part dramatization follows the desperate struggle by young residents of a Roman Catholic orphanage to escape their nightmare of physical and sexual abuse. Their cries for help go unheeded, although a concerned janitor and a no-nonsense cop wage a personal crusade to uncover the terrible truth, and end the suffering. Justice does not come easily, or quickly. For many long years, Church officials, police and high government officials conspire to conceal the truth. For the victims, there is only shame and bitterness. And a deafening silence. Part two picks up the story 15 years later. At last, a government inquiry reopens the case. The victims must come face-to-face with their abusers and relive the awful past yet again. The time for silence has ended.
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Subject categories
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Catholic ChurchReligion, Politics and SocietyReligious Communities
- Law and Crime > Child AbuseViolence Directed at Children
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Incest and Sexual Abuse
- Children and Youth > Violence and Child Abuse
Credits
- director
- John N. Smith
- producer
- Sam Grana
- Claudio Luca
- executive producer
- Claudio Luca
- Colin Neale
- associate producer
- Nicole de Rochemont
- script
- Des Walsh
- John N. Smith
- Sam Grana
- photography
- Pierre Letarte
- sound
- Serge Beauchemin
- editing
- Werner Nold
- sound editing
- Marcel Pothier
- re-recording
- Adrian Croll
- Hans Peter Strobl
- music
- Neil Smolar
- cast
- Sebastian Spence
- Lise Roy
- Timothy Webber
- Kristine Demers
- Sheena Larkin
- Brian Dooley
- Mary Walsh
- David Hewlett
- Michael Chiasson
- Pierre Gauthier
- Sam Grana
- Henry Czerny