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• Margaret's Museum

Release Date: 9th May 1997 (UK)
Directed by: Mort Ransen
Character: Margaret MacNeil
Co-Starring: Clive Russell, Craig Olejnik, Kate Nelligan & Kenneth Welsh
Genre: Drama
Film Length: 1h54min
Distributed by: Astra Cinema

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Synopsis:
Set in the 1940s in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, it tells the story of a young girl living in a coal mining town where the death of men from accidents in "the pit" (the mines) has become almost routine. Margaret MacNeil has already lost her father and an older brother and for her, life alone would be prefereable to marrying a mine worker — that is until the charming Neil Currie shows up. Against the wishes of her hard-bitten mother they marry, but before long financial woes lead to his doing what every other uneducated young man does in the town: take a job underground. His death in the mine drives Margaret to a mental breakdown and in her surreal world she decides to create a "special" museum to the memories of all those who have died as a result of the horrific mining conditions. The advent of the film inspired the organization PAMAUG, which strongly advocates the usage of means other than manual labor to extract coal from mines.

Trivia:
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Quotes:
- "Because at this age, it was the most important thing he had"
- "Because I wanted to show what a good set of lungs looked like"

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