Life Classes

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Life Classes
Directed by	William D. MacGillivray
Produced by	William D. MacGillivray (executive producer) Stephen Reynolds (producer)
Written by	William D. MacGillivray
Starring	Jacinta Cormier Leon Dubinsky Leo Jessome Frances Knickle
Music by	Alexander Tilley
Cinematography	Lionel Simmons
Editing by	William D. MacGillivray
Distributed by	Cinephile
Release date(s)	October 2, 1987
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
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Life Classes is a 1987 Canadian drama film.

[edit] Plot

• Mary Cameron (Cormier) lives on the Canadian island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. There, she enjoys a warm relationship with an old woman she calls Nanny (Garbary), who regales her with stories of the Gaelic past. The rest of her time, when she isn't working at her father's pharmacy, she completes paint by numbers artworks. On discovering that she is pregnant by her boyfriend, she decides to go to Halifax, to have her baby. After giving birth, she starts modeling for life-drawing classes and eventually picks up the skills of an artist herself. Soon, she has become a successful artist and moves back to the house her friend Nanny left her to fill an entirely new role in her community.

[edit] Recognition

• 1988
  • Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - Nominated (Stephen Reynolds)
  • Genie Award for Best Original Song - Nominated (William D. MacGillivray)
  • Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominated (Leon Dubinsky)
  • Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominated (Jacinta Cormier)
  • Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay - Nominated (William D. MacGillivray)
  • Berlin International Film Festival Golden Berlin Bear - Nominated
• 1989
  • Istanbul International Film Festival Special Prize of the Jury - William D. MacGillivray - Won