The Lotus Eaters

The Lotus Eaters (1993)

"A Coming Of Age Movie Where What's Coming Of Age Is An Entire Era"

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.

Date of release
1993-09-12
TMDB
8.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Paul Shapiro

Casting

Interesting facts

The Lotus Eaters is a 1993 Canadian drama film, written by Peggy Thompson and directed by Paul Shapiro. The film stars R. H. Thomson and Sheila McCarthy as Hal and Diana Kingswood, a married couple living on Galiano Island in British Columbia in the 1960s with their two daughters, Cleo and Zoe.

Production

The film received $350,000 from BC Film. The film was slated to be directed by Sandy Wilson, but Shapiro stepped in after Wilson dropped the project in favour of Harmony Cats. It was the only theatrical feature film released by Shapiro, who is primarily known as a television director.

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