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Release Date:
March 20, 1996
Original Title:
Soft Like Me
Alternate Titles:
Мягкий, как я
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Manitoba Film & Sound Development Corporation
ONF | NFB
The Manitoba Arts Council
Tiny Sumo Entertainment
Winnipeg Film Group
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 26
On a secluded prairie farm, adolescent boys labor in wheat fields for a sexually predatory warden and his farmhands, who threaten to feed them to a voracious beast if they ever disobey. The newly arrived Linus instantly catches the warden's eye, and begins to receive secret visitations from a mysterious girl. The other boys tell Linus the legend of a special boy who fled the farm and became a glorious angel that will one day return to free them all. When Linus asks the girl if she is the angel, her answer is enigmatic. After the warden's favorite boy dies, Linus is poised to become the next victim. The girl reappears and promises to help him escape, but with hope comes punishment.
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Art Direction:
Gordon Wilding
Assistant Art Director:
Matthew Rankin
Cinematography:
Bruce Claydon
Director:
Jeff Erbach
Editor:
K. George Godwin
First Assistant Camera:
Caelum Vatnsdal
Production Design:
Gordon Wilding
Production Manager:
K. George Godwin
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