Waiting for Caroline
{{Infobox film
| name = Waiting for Caroline
| image =
| caption =
| director = Ron Kelly
| producer = Walford Hewitson
| writer = George C. Robertson
Ron Kelly
| narrator =
| starring = Alexandra Stewart
François Tassé
William Needles
| music = Eldon Rathburn
The Jaybees
| cinematography = Denis Gillson
| editing = Barrie Howells
| studio = National Film Board of Canada
| released = {{Film date|1967}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = English
| budget = $516,000
}}
Waiting for Caroline is a 1967 Canadian drama film directed by Ron Kelly and starring Alexandra Stewart, François Tassé, and William Needles.Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. {{ISBN|1-894073-21-5}}. p. 233. It was produced by the National Film Board of Canada and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as their first-ever joint production."CBC, Film Board start their first joint feature". The Globe and Mail, January 5, 1967.
The film was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Feature Film at the 20th Canadian Film Awards in 1968.Wendy Michener, "Dief: Best actor?". The Globe and Mail, May 22, 1968.
Premise
Caroline (Alexandra Stewart) is torn between two cultures, the English-speaking community of Vancouver where she grew up and the French-speaking Québec where she is currently living. Her uncertainty extends to her lovers, Peter (Robert Howay) from Vancouver who wants to take her home and Marc (François Tassé) from Québec who would like to continue their pleasant, if inconclusive affair.
Cast
- Alexandra Stewart - Caroline
- François Tassé - Marc
- William Needles - Stephen
- Aileen Seaton - Lally
- Monique Mercure - Yvette
- Paul Guèvremont - M. Simard
- Daniel Gadouas - Jean-Pierre
- Sharon Acker - Emily
- Robert Howay - Peter
- Lucie Poitras - Mme. Simard
Production
Waiting for Caroline was filmed with a budget of $516,000 ({{Inflation|CA|516,000|1967|fmt=eq}}), after going $200,000 overbudget.{{sfn|Evans|1991|p=122}}
Reception
Senator Edgar Fournier opposed Waiting for Caroline and The Ernie Game for being indecent and both going overbudget.{{sfn|Evans|1991|p=122}}
References
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Works cited
- {{cite book|last=Evans |first=Gary |title=In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |date=1991 |url=https://archive.org/details/innationalintere0000evan |isbn=0802027849}}
External links
- {{NFB film|waiting_for_caroline}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0168246|title=Waiting for Caroline}}
Category:Canadian independent films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:National Film Board of Canada films
Category:Films directed by Ron Kelly
Category:Films scored by Eldon Rathburn
Category:1960s English-language films
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