Pit Pony

Pit Pony (1997)

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his family has. Willie's stern, but benevolent father is a coal miner in a local mine along with his older brother John. But when Willie's father is injured and John is killed in an accident at the mine, Willie is forced to step into his brother's shoes to support his older sister Nelle, and two younger sisters until their father recovers. Willie soon finds work at the mine lonely (aka: the pit) and unfriendly in which he forms a bond with a pit pony horse in order to make it though each day.

Date de sortie
1997-12-14
TMDB
8.3 / 10 (3)
Durée
1 h 32 min
Genres
Drame, Familial, Histoire
Réalisateur
Eric Till

Distribution

Anecdotes

  • Tourné à : Nouvelle-Écosse

Pit Pony is a 1997 television film directed by Eric Till. It was Elliot Page's debut role; Page was scouted for it by John Dunsworth, who also had a small role in the film. The film was based on the novel Pit Pony by Joyce Barkhouse. It was nominated for numerous Gemini Awards in 1997.

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