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Genre drama Directed by Peter Moss Initial release 1999 Screenplay Jeremy Hole | 7.9/10 IMDb Written by Jeremy Hole Running time 90 min. Director Peter Moss Adapted from The stillborn lover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Based on The Stillborn Lover
by Timothy Findley Starring Victor Garber
Louise Marleau
Henry Czerny
Kenneth Welsh
Domini Blythe Nominations Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Cast Victor Garber, Henry Czerny, Kenneth Welsh, Domini Blythe Similar Dieppe, The Piano Man's Daughter, Anne Trister, Another Country, Booky and the Secret Santa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External Affairs is a Canadian television film, which aired on CBC Television in 1999.
An adaptation of Timothy Findley's play The Stillborn Lover, the film stars Victor Garber as Henry Raymond, a Canadian diplomat in Moscow who is summoned back to Ottawa for questioning by Michael Riordan (Kenneth Welsh), the Minister of External Affairs, after he is implicated in the murder of a young man. The investigation reveals secrets that threaten to destroy both men's careers.
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