Bryan Hennessey

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The Dance Goes On
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The Dance Goes On

Jan 01, 1992

The Dance Goes On
1992 110 min 1 vues
Crazy Los Angeles. Work is an hour away, down a crammed six-lane freeway. It is always sunny, but the sun looks like a sickly blemish on the smog. Everyone's out to look beautiful and make money. And a kid named Rick fits right in. The Gaspé coast. Work is five minutes away on a tractor seat. When the sun shines, the ocean is set ablaze, and the scent of pine fills the crisp country air. People here just try to make ends meet, but they know how to laugh from the gut and to show each other they care. This is were Rick's father James grew up, but Rick has never been here. When Rick learns that he has inherited the ancestral farm, and that his father wants him to go to Gaspé to bury the uncle who left Rick this legacy, an extraordinary odyssey begins. Father and son start out as different from each other as Gaspé and Los Angeles, but in the process, Rick discovers manhood and James discovers fatherhood.
Understanding Bliss
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Understanding Bliss

Sep 30, 1990

Understanding Bliss
1990 80 min 1 vues
Elizabeth Sutton, a lecturer from Toronto and Peter Breen, a professor of cultural studies from St. John's, Newfoundland, come together in his town for a secret liaison. All is bliss. But within twenty-four hours, the affair has collapsed. A clash of languages, cultures, and values force them to come to terms with each other's sense of morality.
Drama
Bloomsday Cabaret
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Bloomsday Cabaret

Jun 16, 2004

Bloomsday Cabaret
2004 60 min 1 vues
An exploration of music in the life, and writing, of James Joyce. Two Newfoundland actors, a Toronto opera singer and a New York Joycean scholar travel to Dublin and join forces with a group of Irish musicians to tell the story of music in the life, and writing, of the great Irish writer James Joyce.
Documentary
Rain, Drizzle, and Fog
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Rain, Drizzle, and Fog

Jan 01, 1998

Rain, Drizzle, and Fog
1998 49 min 1 vues
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is North America's most easterly landfall. For half a millennium, its perfect harbour has provided a safe refuge in the middle of the treacherous North Atlantic. For 300 years of its history it was an actual crime to try and settle--Newfoundland was the private preserve of British fishing merchants. But people stayed, despite the colonial masters, despite the lack of law and order, despite hellish weather and raging seas. And the city grew--lurching through centuries of crisis, disaster, privation. For filmmaker Rosemary House, "This is still a hard rock land, a dirty old town at the back of beyond. And yet the St. John's townie is so proud, you'd swear we lived in Paris." In this documentary, she explores her city with the help of six locals, Mary Walsh, Andy Jones, Anita Best, Brian Hennessey, Ed Riche, Des Walsh, writers and performers all. (Source: National Film Board)
Documentary
Violet
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Violet

Aug 27, 2000

Violet
2000 105 min 2 vues
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.
Comedy
No Apologies
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No Apologies

Jan 01, 1990

No Apologies
1990 90 min 1 vues
As a family of siblings and their spouses gathers at their father's deathbed, old jealousies and new angers and liaisons lead to an inevitable climax.
Drama
Rare Birds
5.6

Rare Birds

Sep 09, 2001

Rare Birds
2001 99 min 25 vues
A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.
Comedy
The Bingo Robbers
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The Bingo Robbers

Mar 02, 2001

The Bingo Robbers
2001 84 min 1 vues
A woman (Lois Brown) who thinks money will solve her problems enlists the help of a homeless friend (Barry Newhook) to rob a bingo hall.
Crime
Extraordinary Visitor
3.4

Extraordinary Visitor

Sep 02, 1998

Extraordinary Visitor
1998 87 min 5 vues
As the new millennium approaches, God considers pulling the plug on the planet unless St. John the Baptist finds a reason to spare humanity. John travels to the Newfoundland city that bears his name where he becomes entangled in the lives of talk-show host Marietta, her husband Rick. (Toronto International Film Festival)
Comedy
54 Hours
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54 Hours

Jan 01, 2014

54 Hours
2014 14 min 1 vues
54 Hours is a remarkably vivid account of the 1914 tragedy in which 132 men were stranded on the ice during a severe snowstorm off the coast of Newfoundland. Seventy-eight men froze to death on the ice pack.
Animation
The Story of Faustus Bidgood
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The Story of Faustus Bidgood

Nov 24, 2023

The Story of Faustus Bidgood
2023 23 min 1 vues
This is the story of The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, a surreal comedy about a lowly bureaucrat and his fantasies of becoming president of an independent Newfoundland, that was released in 1986. A cult classic in Canadian cinema, the film is well known for the marathon it took to even get made. Principal photography on the film began eight years earlier, in 1978. Written and directed by comedy legend Andy Jones and his brother, Mike Jones, the movie was made on a shoestring budget, is packed with familiar faces and helped pave the way for Newfoundland and Labrador's vibrant film industry. And it was the first film ever both filmed and produced, from start to finish, in Newfoundland.
Documentary
The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
8.5

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

Jan 02, 1986

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
1986 110 min 2 vues
Faustus is a clerk in St. John's at the Newfoundland Department of Education. He dreams of becoming ruler of Newfoundland and seceding from Canada. In the real world, Faustus' boss Eddie Peddle plans to indoctrinate the citizenry of Newfoundland with a cult-like geometric theory known as Total Education, but Peddle may be foiled by the revelation of a secret from his past career.
Comedy
Secret Nation
5.2

Secret Nation

Jan 02, 1992

Secret Nation
1992 110 min 4 vues
A graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a conspiracy surrounding the referendum that saw Newfoundland join Canada.
Drama
Untold Story
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Untold Story

Jan 01, 1999

Untold Story
1999 60 min 1 vues
The Untold Story of the Suffragists of Newfoundland (1999) is a docu-drama celebrating the thirty year struggle by the women of Newfoundland to win the right to vote.
History
The Passenger
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The Passenger

Jan 01, 2013

The Passenger
2013 11 min 1 vues
When a troubled woman arrives in the city to start her life anew, she must navigate the complex landscape of her past when she comes face to face with a younger woman threatening down the same path.
Drama
The Divine Ryans
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The Divine Ryans

Jan 01, 1999

The Divine Ryans
1999 93 min 1 vues
When Draper Doyle’s father drops dead two days after his birthday, Draper realises that he his memories of visiting his father two days previously have vanished. With the help of Uncle Reg, he attempts to piece his memory back together.
Comedy
The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
8.5

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

Jan 02, 1986

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
1986 110 min 2 vues
Faustus is a clerk in St. John's at the Newfoundland Department of Education. He dreams of becoming ruler of Newfoundland and seceding from Canada. In the real world, Faustus' boss Eddie Peddle plans to indoctrinate the citizenry of Newfoundland with a cult-like geometric theory known as Total Education, but Peddle may be foiled by the revelation of a secret from his past career.
Comedy
Republic of Doyle
6.9

Republic of Doyle

Dec 10, 2014

Republic of Doyle
2014 min 36 vues
Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.
Comedy