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Rose's House (1977)
Directed by Clay Borris
· 58m
This NFB docu-drama takes an unvarnished look at life in a working-class boarding house. Based on the filmmaker's memories of his own mother's boarding house in Cabbagetown, Toronto, the story revolves around Rose and how she runs her establishment. With a household as full and varied as hers, domesticity clashes with disputes about bootlegging, violence, and stealing. Even authority isn't exempt: she does battle with a social worker over her son's theft of a bicycle. Rose is the queen of her castle, and delivers her own brand of justice.
Cast
R
Rose Maltais-Borris
Rose
A
Albert Borris
Bin
R
Ronald Maltais
P'tit-Jean
G
Garry Borris
Albert
J
John Brown
Tony
M
Magella Joseph
Madge
P
Paulette Jiles
Woman boarder / cocktail waitress
G
George Martell
Social Worker
E
Edmond Charest
Henry
J
Julia U. Borris
Secretary
E
Ed Uznanski
Boy with Bicycle
C
Clay Borris
Poker Player
Crew
- Director
- Clay Borris
- Writer
- Paulette Jiles, Clay Borris
- Editor
- John F. Phillips, Arla Saare, Clay Borris
Details
- Release date
- 1977-01-01
- Runtime
- 58m
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB