The Drawer Boy
The Drawer Boy • 1h 38m
TIFF Film Circuit
Winner Canadian Film Festival
Winner Heartland Film Festival
Winner Sedona Film Festival
It’s 1971 and a Toronto performance troupe ventures out to Ontario’s countryside to research a theatre project. Miles, a young actor, befriends two aging farmers, a gruff workhorse named Morgan and his lifelong friend Angus, who suffers from memory loss. All three of their lives are irrevocably altered when art attempts to imitate life and the line between truth and fiction is crossed.
Directed By: Arturo Pérez Torres & Aviva Armour-Ostroff
Written By: Arturo Perez Torres & Michael Healey
Starring: Stuart Hughes, Richard Clarkin, Jakob Ehman
Aspects: Drama, Thriller, Art House, Historical, Adaptation, Theatre
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Curator's Note - "The Drawer Boy"
A beautifully shot film adaptation of an award-winning stage play, The Drawer Boy is a film about friendship, deception, and life on a farm. So let me tell you why I think it's a movie you should see.
~Melissa
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Watch The Drawer Boy trailer
It’s 1971 and a Toronto performance troupe ventures out into the countryside to research a theatre project. Miles, a young actor, befriends two aging farmers, a gruff workhorse named Morgan and his lifelong friend Angus, who suffers from memory loss. All three of their lives are irrevocably alter...
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The Drawer Boy Premiere Q&A Talkback
The multi-award-winning, festival favorite film "The Drawer Boy" premiered to a sold-out crowd in Toronto, and had a lively talkback afterward with filmmakers, cast and crew. Join HighballTV's Melissa D'Agostino and she leads the Q&A to answer your burning questions about the film!
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