Film Premiere*
Sunday, February 28 at 5:00 pm
Livestream Q+A with director Wendy Hill-Tout starts at 6:55 pm
Availability
Canada only; February 28 at 5:00 pm until March 7 at 11:59 pm.
Director: Wendy Hill-Tout
Featuring: Kristin Booth, Greg Bryk, Julia Sarah Stone, Maxim Roy
Language: English
Runtime: 105
Rating: most audiences; mature content
*Films premiere at a set time and are followed by a livestream Q+A. If you miss the premiere, you can still watch the movie (and a recording of the Q+A) anytime until the end of the festival! Still a bit unclear? Check out our 2021 Glossary & FAQ for details.
Details
In 1959, a jury in Goderich returned a verdict of guilty in the trial of Steven Truscott, a 14-year-old accused of the rape and murder of his 12-year-old classmate Cheryl Lynne Harper. Over the ensuing decades, Truscott’s case would gain national attention as a miscarriage of justice, arguably the most famous in Canadian history. Yet by shifting the focus to the tireless quest by Truscott’s wife Marlene to prove her husband’s innocence, director Wendy Hill-Tout’s remarkable new movie becomes a stirring love story as well as a riveting legal drama. Great performances by Kristin Booth and Greg Bryk add further power and richness to Hill-Tout’s effort to reveal a little-known side to the Truscott story.
Trailer
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