Rose's House (1977)
This NFB docu-drama takes an unvarnished look at life in a working-class boarding house. Based on the filmmaker's memories of his own mother's boarding house in Cabbagetown, Toronto, the story revolves around Rose and how she runs her establishment. With a household as full and varied as hers, domesticity clashes with disputes about bootlegging, violence, and stealing. Even authority isn't exempt: she does battle with a social worker over her son's theft of a bicycle. Rose is the queen of her castle, and delivers her own brand of justice.
- Date of release
- 1977-01-01
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 58m
- Director
- Clay Borris
Casting
- Rose Maltais-Borris — Rose
- Albert Borris — Bin
- Ronald Maltais — P'tit-Jean
- Garry Borris — Albert
- John Brown — Tony
- Magella Joseph — Madge
- Paulette Jiles — Woman boarder / cocktail waitress
- George Martell — Social Worker
- Edmond Charest — Henry
- Julia U. Borris — Secretary
- Ed Uznanski — Boy with Bicycle
- Clay Borris — Poker Player
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