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Margaret’s Museum movie storyline. The often tragic lives of the residents of a Nova Scotia coal mining town are viewed through the eyes of a depressed young woman in this grim period drama. Set in the 1940s, the film begins with a brief, intentionally puzzling interlude before flashing back several years to focus on the story of Margaret MacNeil (Helena Bonham Carter). Margaret has suffered through the death of her father and her brother, both of whom perished while working as coal miners, and has subsequently developed a hatred for the mines that provide the town’s primary source of economic support.
When she finds herself attracted to charming stranger Neil (Clive Russell), she is thrilled to learn that he has no plans to work in the mines. When Margaret and Neil marry over the opposition of Margaret’s stern mother (Kate Nelligan), financial troubles force him to go back on his word, with unfortunate results. Based on several short stories by Sheldon Currie, the film draws an unrelentingly bleak picture of its subject, concentrating on the numerous hardships, from black lung to deadly cave-ins, that haunt the coal-mining community, resulting in a gloomy and at times morbid drama.
Margaret’s Museum is a critically acclaimed 1995 British–Canadian dark drama film, directed by Mort Ransen and based on Sheldon Currie’s novel The Glace Bay Miners’ Museum. The film stars Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Nelligan, Clive Russell, Craig Olejnik, Kenneth Welsh, Andrea Morris, Norma Dell’Agnese, Peter Boretski and Elizabeth Richardson.
Margaret’s Museum (1995)
Directed by: Mort Ransen
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Nelligan, Clive Russell, Craig Olejnik, Kenneth Welsh, Andrea Morris, Norma Dell’Agnese, Peter Boretski, Elizabeth Richardson
Screenplay by: Gerald Wexler, Mort Ransen
Production Design by: William Fleming, David McHenry
Cinematography by: Vic Sarin
Film Editing by: Rita Roy
Costume Design by: Nicoletta Massone
Set Decoration by: Ian Greig
Art Direction by: Emanuel Jannasch
Music by: Milan Kymlicka
MPAA Rating: for strong language and some sexuality.
Distributed by: Astra Cinema
Release Date: September 13, 1995
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