The Drawer Boy (film)

The Drawer Boy is a Canadian drama film, which was directed by Arturo Pérez Torres and Aviva Armour-Ostroff, and released in 2017.[1] An adaptation of Michael Healey's play The Drawer Boy, the film stars Jakob Ehman as Miles, a young actor who takes a job as a labourer on a farm owned by lifelong friends Morgan (Richard Clarkin) and Angus (Stuart Hughes), but finds that his presence has a destabilizing effect on the men's friendship.

The Drawer Boy
Directed by	Arturo Pérez Torres Aviva Armour-Ostroff
Produced by	Arturo Pérez Torres Aviva Armour-Ostroff
Written by	Arturo Pérez Torres
Based on	The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey
Starring	Jakob Ehman Richard Clarkin Stuart Hughes
Music by	Bob Wiseman
Cinematography	Cabot McNenly
Release date	July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The film premiered at the Heartland Film Festival in 2017,[2] and had its Canadian premiere at the Canadian Film Festival in 2018.[3] At the Canadian Film Festival, it won the award for Best Feature Film.

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the film received nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Clarkin) and Best Screenplay (Pérez Torres).[4] Clarkin won the award for Best Supporting Actor.[5]

References

1. "Review: The Drawer Boy is a moving adaptation of the seminal play". Now, November 22, 2018.
2. "Heartland Film Festival: 'The Drawer Boy' is a charming tale of truth and friendship". The Ball State Daily News, October 25, 2017.
3. "The Drawer Boy's film adaptation does the stage play justice". Now, March 15, 2018.
4. "Canadian Screen Awards 2019: English-Canadian films shut out of best picture category". Now, February 7, 2019.
5. "Les Québécois remportent plus de la moitié des trophées à l'avant-gala des prix Écrans canadiens". Ici Radio-Canada, March 31, 2019.

External links

• The Drawer Boy on IMDb
• The Drawer Boy at Rotten Tomatoes