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Margaret's Museum (1995)

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Reviews Counted:6

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Average Rating:6.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A critically-acclaimed story of one woman's struggle to protect her family and friends from the ravages of the coal-mining industry in a 1940's Nova Scotia town of Scot-Irish immigrants. Touching... A critically-acclaimed story of one woman's struggle to protect her family and friends from the ravages of the coal-mining industry in a 1940's Nova Scotia town of Scot-Irish immigrants. Touching and memorable. Winner of 6 Genies in the 1996 Canadian National Film Awards. [More]

Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Kate Nelligan, Clive Russell, Craig Olejnik

Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Kate Nelligan, Clive Russell, Craig Olejnik, Andrea Morris, Peter Boretski, Kenneth Welsh

Director: Mort Ransen

Director: Mort Ransen
Composer: Milan Kymlicka
Story: Sheldon Currie
Screenwriter: Gerald Wexler, Mort Ransen
Producer: Mort Ransen, Christopher Zimmer, Claudio Luca, Steve Clark-Hall

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Impressive Canadian film about a young woman's expression of righteous indignation.

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