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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Watch With Your Kids Movie Release: 1994 DVD Release: 06/03/2003 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 24 mins Studio: Platinum Disc Total Copies: 1 Genres: Drama, Period Film, Melodrama, Rural Drama

The deep bond formed between a troubled nephew and his simple uncle, whose character is reminiscent of Lenny from -Of Mice and Men, is the focus of this Canadian melodrama set during the Depression in rural Ontario. Nine-year old Verlin will not talk, or cannot talk. His concerned and overprotective mother takes him to a doctor. She is angry at her husband Ferris whom she believes is indifferent to her boy's plight. When Ferris's child-like brother Henry comes to visit, the boy's life begins to change. Henry spends time with boy and teaches him about life. The two befriend Mabel, a retired, town prostitute with physical disabilities. The three outcasts become very close as they encounter obstacles to their friendship. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Gary Farmer - Henry
Keegan Macintosh - Verlin
Nancy Beatty - Minnie
Robert Joy - Ferris
Joan Orenstein - Agnes
Margot Kidder - Mabel