The film stars Paul Coeur and Valerie Pearson as Burt and Maggie, smalltown residents whose friendship is tested when Al (Michael Hogan), Burt's high school best friend and Maggie's ex-fiancé, returns home for a visit on Christmas Eve for the first time since his enlistment in the Vietnam War.
Acting
Michael Hogan simmers with wounded pride before his BSG fame.
Writing
Dialogue so sparse you could drown in the silences.
Director
Francis Damberger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in rural Alberta on a shoestring budget, this was Francis Damberger's feature debut after years in Canadian television.
Released the same year as The Fisher King and JFK, this tiny Canadian drama got buried—yet it captures Vietnam's domestic shadow with more restraint than most Hollywood prestige pictures.
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