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 byArturo Pérez Torres
Aviva Armour-Ostroff
Produced byArturo Pérez Torres
Aviva Armour-Ostroff
Written byArturo Pérez Torres
Based onThe Drawer Boy by Michael Healey
StarringJakob Ehman
Richard Clarkin
Stuart Hughes
Music byBob Wiseman
CinematographyCabot McNenly
Release date
  • July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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]

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