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Directed by
  
Anna Benson Gyles

Music by
  
Richard Rodney Bennett

Screenplay
  
David Young

Story by
  
Carol Shields

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Written by
  
David Young

Director
  
Anna Benson Gyles

Music director
  
Richard Rodney Bennett

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Produced by
  
Christina JenningsAnn Scott

Based on
  
Swann: A Mystery by Carol Shields

Starring
  
Brenda FrickerMiranda RichardsonMichael OntkeanDavid CubittSean McCann

Initial release
  
3 January 1997 (South Africa)

Cast
  
Miranda Richardson, Brenda Fricker, David Cubitt, Michael Ontkean, Sean McCann

Similar
  
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Swann is a Canadian drama film, released in 1996. An adaptation of the Carol Shields novel Swann: A Mystery, the film was directed by Anna Benson Gyles and written by David Young.

The film stars Brenda Fricker as Rose Hindmarch, a small town librarian whose life is significantly changed when Sarah Maloney (Miranda Richardson), a famous author and academic, arrives in town to research a new book about the long-ago murder of local poet Mary Swann. The film's cast also includes Michael Ontkean, David Cubitt, Sean McCann and John Neville.

The film premiered as the opening gala at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival.

Award nominations

The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996:

  • Best Actress: Brenda Fricker
  • Best Supporting Actor: Sean McCann
  • Best Art Direction/Production Design: John Dondertman
  • Best Costume Design: Elisbetta Beraldo
  • Best Original Score: Richard Rodney Bennett

    • It did not win any of the awards.

    References

    Swann (film) Wikipedia
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