Movie
Molly Maxwell
Overview
At Phoenix Progressive School, students take notes lying on parlor couches and are encouraged to explore their gifts through electives like break-dancing and graphic-novel writing. In the midst of all this liberal pedagogy and budding talent, Molly Maxwell feels unexceptional, until she falls for her attractive English teacher, Ben.
Details
- Release date
- 2013-01-06
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Canadian Film Centre (CFC)
- Country
- Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lola Tash as Molly Maxwell
- Charlie Carrick as Ben Carter
- Krista Bridges as Marilyn Maxwell
- Rob Stewart as Evan Maxwell
- Richard Clarkin as Raymond
- Brooke Palsson as Caitlin
- A.K. Shand as Gala
- Nicholas Bode as Aiden Maxwell
- Lucy Gervais as Alicia
- Cory Lee as Jordan
- Alex Ozerov-Meyer as Starr
- Shankar Ravindram as Dexter
Crew
- Sara St. Onge - Director
- Sara St. Onge - Writer
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