Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light of Galiano Island is beautifully rendered in writer/producer Peggy Thompson's The Lotus Eaters, and that's not the only elusive element that this film has captured. In revisiting its particular time and place - the Gulf Islands of the early '60s -Thompson obviously draws on her own family experiences there. For those who share Thompson's love of Gulf Islands magic, the elements she has assembled will feel as familiar as their own childhood blanket. But there are problems at the core of this story about a family's loss of innocence.
Stars: Tara Frederick, Aloka McLean, R.H. Thomson, Sheila McCarthy, Andrea Libman, Tony Dakota
Crew: Paul Shapiro (Director), Peggy Thompson (Screenplay), Susan Shipton (Editor), Thomas Burstyn (Director of Photography)
Country: Canada
Language: English
Studio: Malofilm Productions Inc., Mortimer And Ogilvy Productions
Runtime: 101 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 12, 1993
IMDb: 4
Keywords:canada, island, pig, boat, mine, teacher, extramarital affair, teenage pregnancy, british columbia, idyllic
