British-Canadian light romantic comedy film set in a dying Saskatchewan town. Bank branch manager, Pincer Bedier, dreams of reviving the town when one day a beautiful young woman's car breaks down and she becomes stranded until it can be repaired. She is convinced by the banker to take on the duties at the local hardware store to pay for the parts for her car and soon a romance between the two develops.
Acting
Lothaire Bluteau's endearingly awkward banker — peak 'nice guy who finishes first.'
Production
Saskatchewan locations so desolate they become a character.
Director
Piers Haggard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Piers Haggard also directed the infamous 'Blood on Satan's Claw' — making this his most wholesome pivot imaginable.
This film belongs to a forgotten wave of 90s Canadian rom-coms trying to prove the prairies could be as charming as New England.
CA
