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Margaret's Museum 1995 Film | Helena Bonham Carter



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Directed by Mort Ransen

Produced by Marilyn A. Belec

Written by Sheldon Currie (story), Gerald Wexler & Mort Ransen (screenplay)

Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Clive Russell, Kate Nelligan

Music by Milan Kymlicka

Cinematography: Vic Sarin

Edited by Rita Roy

Distributed by Astra Cinema

Release date: 13 September 1995

Running time: 114 minutes

Country: United Kingdom, Canada

Based on Sheldon Currie's novel The Glace Bay Miners' Museum


Plot from Wikipedia: “Set in the 1940s in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, it tells the story of a young girl living in a coal mining town where the death of men from accidents in "the pit" (the mines) has become almost routine. Margaret MacNeil (Helena Bonham Carter) has already lost her father and an older brother and for her, life alone would be preferable to marrying a mine worker—that is until the charming Neil Currie (Clive Russell) shows up. Against the wishes of her hard-bitten mother (Kate Nelligan) they marry, but before long financial woes lead to his doing what every other uneducated young man does in the town: take a job underground. His death in the mine, along with her younger brother, drives Margaret to a mental breakdown and in her surreal world she decides to create a "special" museum to the memories of all those who have died as a result of the horrific mining conditions.”


Cast and Characters:

Helena Bonham Carter Margaret MacNeil

Clive Russell Neil Currie

Craig Olejnik Jimmy MacNeil

Kate Nelligan Catherine MacNeil

Kenneth Welsh Angus MacNeil

Andrea Morris Marilyn


Awards: 1995 San Sebastián International Film Festival Best Film; Vancouver International Film Festival Most Popular Canadian Film; Fantasporto Awards Helena Bonham Carter Best Actress; Helena Bonham Carter Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role; Kenneth Welsh Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role; Kate Nelligan Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role; Nicoletta Massone Best Achievement in Costume Design; Milan Kymlicka Best Achievement in Music – Original Score; Mort Ransen Gerald Wexler Best Screenplay.

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