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Donald Larsson < [log in to unmask]> "Re: films about
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It's actually called _Company of Strangers_, produced by and available
through the National Film Board.
On Jun 14, 9:12am, Donald Larsson wrote:
> Subject: Re: films about women and their friendships
> To Whitney--
> Another Canadian film of interest is STRANGERS IN GOOD COMPANY, about a
busload
> of women who become stranded in the countryside when their bus breaks down.
The
> group at first looks almost like a parody of multiculturalism--there's a
native
> English Canadian, a French Canadian, an English emigree, a black woman, an
> Native American, a lesbian and a nun! But as they work on the bus and/or
wait
> for rescue, the women revisit their pasts and discover each others' lives
> through conversation. I believe that the actresses were all "amateurs" and
> that their real lives are detailed through their characters, but the
resulting
> film is comic, touching and warm.
>
> Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
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