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Love and Savagery
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Wikipedia article
'Love and Savagery' is a Canadian-Irish drama film directed by John N. Smith and released in 2009.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2009/11/13/love_and_savagery_looks_good_but_goes_nowhere.html "Love and Savagery: Looks good but goes nowhere"]. 'Toronto Star', November 13, 2009.
The film stars Allan Hawco as Michael, a geologist from Newfoundland and Labrador who travels to Ballyvaughan, Ireland to study limestone, and causes a scandal when he enters a romantic relationship with Cathleen (Sarah Greene), an orphan girl from the village who is about to enter the convent as a Roman Catholic nun.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/love-and-savagery/article792641/ "Boy meets girl, but God, Science and Art get in the way"]. 'The Globe and Mail', November 12, 2009. The film's cast also includes Martha Burns, Nicholas Campbell, Andy Jones, Louise Nicol, Mack Furlong and Sean Panting.
Awards
The film garnered four Genie Award nominations at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010:
*Best Supporting Actress: Martha Burns
*Best Overall Sound: Claude Hazanavicius, Daniel Bisson, Jean-Charles Desjardins and Bernard Garipy Strobl
*Best Original Score: Bertrand Chnier
*Best Make-Up: Diane Simard and Rjean Goderre
Burns won the award for Best Supporting Actress.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/polytechnique-sweeps-genies-1.969085 "Polytechnique sweeps Genies"]. CBC News, April 12, 2010.
References
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