{{Infobox film | name = The Grocer’s Wife | image = | caption = | director = [[John Pozer]] | producer = John Pozer | writer = John Pozer | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Simon Webb|[[Susinn McFarlene]]|[[Nicola Cavendish]]|[[Jay Brazeau]]|[[Andrea Rankin]]|[[Leroy Schultz]]}} | music = [[Mark Korven]] | cinematography = [[Peter Wunstorf]] | editing = {{ubl|[[Reginald Harkema]]|John Pozer}} | distributor = | released = {{film date|1991|09|05|[[1991 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]}} | runtime = 104 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''The Grocer's Wife''''' is a 1991 Canadian [[drama film]] written, produced and directed by [[John Pozer]].<ref name=tiff>[http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/films/grocers-wife ''The Grocer's Wife''] at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]]'s Canadian Film Encyclopedia.</ref> It won the inaugural [[Claude Jutra Award]] for best feature film by a first-time director.<ref>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/claude-jutra-award/ Claude Jutra Award] entry at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]].</ref>
==Synopsis== Set in [[Trail, British Columbia|Trail]], [[British Columbia]],<ref name=tiff /> the film stars Simon Webb as Tim Midley, an emissions inspector at the local smokestack who lives with his domineering mother Mildred (Andrea Rankin). When his mother falls ill, he invites stripper Anita Newlove (Susinn McFarlen) to move in with him, while simultaneously fending off the advances of Mrs. Friendly ([[Nicola Cavendish]]), the wife of the neighbourhood grocer.<ref name=tiff />
The film was also noted for giving rise to the "West Coast Wave" of Canadian filmmakers in the 1990s; several film students who would later go on to become prominent in Canadian cinema, including directors [[Lynne Stopkewich]], [[Mina Shum]] and [[Bruce Sweeney]], editor and director [[Reginald Harkema]] and cinematographer [[Gregory Middleton|Greg Middleton]], worked on ''The Grocer's Wife'' as one of their first filmmaking jobs.<ref name=tiff />
==Awards== The film premiered at the [[1991 Toronto International Film Festival]], where it received an honorable mention from the [[Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film|Best Canadian Film]] jury.<ref name=bastien>Mark Bastien, "Film festival winner gives $25,000 away". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', September 16, 1991.</ref> Although an honorable mention comes with no financial recompense, [[Atom Egoyan]], who had won the award for ''[[The Adjuster]]'', declined his $25,000 winner's cheque and instead gave it to Pozer.<ref name=bastien/>
Cavendish won the [[Genie Award]] for [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actress]] at the [[14th Genie Awards]].<ref name=tiff /> At the same ceremony, Pozer won the Claude Jutra Award, and [[Mark Korven]] was nominated for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]].
==Cast== * [[Simon Webb (actor)|Simon Webb]] as Tim Midley * [[Susinn McFarlen]] as Anita Newlove * [[Nicola Cavendish]] as Mrs. Friendly * [[Jay Brazeau]] as Barber * [[Andrea Rankin]] as Mildred Midley * [[Alec Burden]] as Hermann Melzer * [[LeRoy Schulz]] as Mr. Friendly * Walter Mills as Minister
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0101978}}
{{John Dunning Award}}
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