sm's video: Shoemaker 1996 1 2 Alberta Watson Genie Nomination Actress in a Leading Role

Alberta Watson received a GENIE (Canadian equivalent of the Oscar) NOMINATION for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (1997) for her Anna, in this movie directed by Colleen Murphy. "'Shoemaker' (...) tells a likeable if unbelievable and slight story of a simple man who falls in love with a knowing travel agent, beautifully played by Alberta Watson, who saves a faltering script." Gerald A. Pratley, Kinema, A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media (http://tinyurl.com/2ad2nl2 ) "Watson makes believable her character's need for a sincere and uncalculating partner" Time Out London Film Guide (http://tinyurl.com/23l26qd ) "'Shoemaker' is a modest, endearing film that makes the most of its limited financial resources thanks to some strong perfs by a number of seasoned Canadian legit thesps. (...) Murphy's most notable achievement here is her ability to sustain the atmosphere of isolation and loneliness without descending to cheap melodrama. (...) Hughson plays Carey with no small amount of finesse, carefully avoiding the maudlin; Watson makes Anna seem enticing and vulnerable; and Lineham is rock-solid as Carey's confused friend." (full review: http://tinyurl.com/33h87gj ) The movie won three awards at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival (Germany). Along with Alberta's Genie nomination, Hardee T. Lineham received a Genie nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.