Loyalties (film)
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Loyalties is a 1987 British/Canadian drama film
written and directed by Anne Wheeler
. It was shot in Lac la Biche, Alberta.
and the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design. It was nominated for several other Genie Awards.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
written and directed by Anne Wheeler
Anne Wheeler
Anne Wheeler, OC is a Canadian film and television writer, producer and director. Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad. Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of...
. It was shot in Lac la Biche, Alberta.
Plot
Loyaties is a story about the relationships between an upper-class Englishwoman, her husband and their housekeeper.Cast
- Kenneth WelshKenneth WelshKenneth Welsh, CM is a Canadian film and television actor . He is known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and has more recently played the father of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator.In 1984 he was nominated for a Genie Award as Best Actor for his...
as David Sutton - Tantoo CardinalTantoo CardinalRose Marie "Tantoo" Cardinal, CM is a Canadian film and television actress.-Career:Cardinal was born in Anzac, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Her mother, Julia Cardinal, was a Métis of Cree descent...
as Rosanne Ladouceur - Susan WooldridgeSusan WooldridgeSusan Wooldridge , is the daughter of British actress Margaretta Scott and composer John Wooldridge. She is also the sister of Hugh Wooldridge.She was born in London, England, and educated at convent schools....
as Lily Sutton - Vera Marin as Beatrice
- Diane Debassige as Leona
- Tom JacksonTom Jackson (actor)Thomas Dale Jackson, OC , is a Canadian born Métis actor and singer perhaps best known for the annual series of Christmas concerts, called the Huron Carole, which he created and starred in for 17 years...
as Eddy - Christopher Barrington-Leigh as Robert Sutton
- Jeffrey Smith as Nicholas Sutton
- Meredith Rimmer as Naomi Sutton
- Yolanda Cardinal as Lisa
- Dale Willier as Jesse
- Wesley Semenovich as Wayne
- Janet WrightJanet WrightJanet Wright is a Canadian actress and theatre director. She is best known for her role as Emma Leroy on the hit Canadian sitcom Corner Gas. She won a 2003 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for her role in Betrayed...
as Audrey Sawchuk - Don MacKayDon MackayDonald Mackay is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.-As player:He was a goalkeeper and played for Forfar Athletic and made 104 appearances. He was then signed for Dundee United by Jerry Kerr, for whom he made 170 appearances...
as Mike Sawchuk - Paul Whitney as Joe Pilsudski
Awards
In 1987, Loyalties won the Grand Prix at the Créteil International Women's Film FestivalCréteil International Women's Film Festival
The Créteil International Women's Film Festival is an annual event in Créteil, Paris, France founded by Jackie Buet in 1978 to showcase the directing talents of female filmmakers who, at the time, had difficulty getting their films adequately distributed. The first festival was held in 1979 in Sceaux...
and the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design. It was nominated for several other Genie Awards.