Alex

Canada, 1987

Film
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Episode of Series “Wednesday’s children”.
A teenager attempts to cope after his parents have separated. His working mother is rarely at home when Alex is. Although his father seems inaccessible, Alex boasts to his friends about their closeness. Amid unbearable emotional confusion, Alex grabs a woman’s purse and is caught. One of a series of six short dramatic discussion starters for adolescents and adults on the subject of teenage alineation.

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Credits

director

Brian Dooley

co-producer

Erna Buffie

Wolf Koenig

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:13:40:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1987

Appears in

Wednesday's children

Group of items

Wednesday's children

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

316212

Language

English

Subject categories

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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