Violet (2000 film)
| Violet | |
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| Directed by | Rosemary House |
| Written by | Rosemary House |
| Produced by | Mary Sexton |
| Starring | Mary Walsh Peter MacNeill Andrew Younghusband Susan Kent |
| Cinematography | Ivan Gekoff |
| Edited by | Trevor Ambrose |
| Music by | Paul Steffler |
Production companies | Dark Flowers Alliance Atlantis |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Violet is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Rosemary House and released in 2000. The film stars Mary Walsh as Violet O'Brien, a 54-year-old widow who is convinced that she is going to die within the next year because her parents and her older brother all died at age 55.
The cast also includes Andrew Younghusband as Violet's son Carlos, a gay university professor visiting from his academic job in Montreal and trying to teach everybody to speak Italian; Barry Newhook as her son Rex, a deadbeat musician; Susan Kent as her daughter Ramona, a potter; and Peter MacNeill as Rusty, a hired hand with a romantic interest in Violet; as well as Berni Stapleton, Janis Spence, Raoul Bhaneja, Janet Michael, Maisie Rillie, Sherry White, Brian Hennessey, Ron Hynes and Jody Richardson in supporting roles.