Violet

Violet

105 mins | Comedy | Aug. 27, 2000

It seems like everyone in Violet’s family dies at age 55. Her mother did, her father did, and as this movie opens Violet, played by Mary Walsh, learns that her brother, Leonard has also died. He too was 55, an age she is now fast approaching herself. His death causes Violet to begin an existential tailspin as her family gathers round. They are Andrew Younghusband who plays her son Carlos, a gay professor of languages who has returned from Montreal. Actor and director Barry Newhook plays Rex who is a musician and daughter Ramona is played by Susan Kent. As the movie unfolds it turns out that Violet has a lot to live for, including a romance with farm manager Rusty played by Peter MacNeill.

Violet

105 mins | Comedy | Aug. 27, 2000

Violet
It seems like everyone in Violet’s family dies at age 55. Her mother did, her father did, and as this movie opens Violet, played by Mary Walsh, learns that her brother, Leonard has also died. He too was 55, an age she is now fast approaching herself. His death causes Violet to begin an existential tailspin as her family gathers round. They are Andrew Younghusband who plays her son Carlos, a gay professor of languages who has returned from Montreal. Actor and director Barry Newhook plays Rex who is a musician and daughter Ramona is played by Susan Kent. As the movie unfolds it turns out that Violet has a lot to live for, including a romance with farm manager Rusty played by Peter MacNeill.
Producers Alliance Atlantis Communications, Dark Flowers
Original title Violet
Directors Terry Stone, Kelly Stone, Paul Pope, Steve Pick, Lyly Fortin, Rosemary House, Alison Carter
Writers Rosemary House

Cast

Mary Walsh

as Violet

Peter MacNeill

as Rusty

Susan Kent

as Romona

Berni Stapleton

as Lynda

Janis Spence

as Olga

Raoul Bhaneja

as Sebastian

Barry Newhook

as Rex

Janet Michael

as Gert

Maisie Rillie

as Nancy

Sherry White

as Germaine

Bryan Hennessey

as Uncle Ed

Ron Hynes

as Alfie

Jody Richardson

as Gerry