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Under the Weather (2020 film)

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Under the Weather
Directed byWilliam D. MacGillivray
Written byWilliam D. MacGillivray
Produced byTerry Greenlaw
Christopher Richardson
StarringStephen Oates
Ruth Lawrence
Des Walsh
Julia Sarah Stone
CinematographyKent Nason
Edited byWilliam D. MacGillivray
Justin Oakey
Music byDavid Findlay
Production
companies
Picture Plant
Cranky Goat Entertainment
Release date
  • September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19) (AFF)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Under the Weather is a 2020 Canadian drama film, directed by William D. MacGillivray.[1] The film stars Stephen Oates as Joe, a man dying of cancer, who returns home to Newfoundland and Labrador to reconnect with and be taken care of by his family.[1]

The film's cast also includes Ruth Lawrence as Joe's sister Jenny, Des Walsh as Jenny's husband Phil, and Julia Sarah Stone as Phil and Jenny's daughter Maggie, as well as Tom Dunne, Colin Harris, Paula Morgan, Sabrina Roberts, Bridget Wareham and Paul Ewan Wilson in supporting roles.

The film premiered at the 2020 FIN Atlantic Film Festival, although due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was streamed exclusively online.[1] It had its first in-person theatrical screening at the 2022 International Film Festival of Ottawa.[2]

It was a nominee for Best Picture at the 2021 Screen Nova Scotia awards.[3]

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