Boys and Girls
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Title from data sheet
Adapted from the short story of the same name by Alice Munro
A foreign film (Canada)
Intended audience: Ages 10-18
Issued also as videorecording
Tells about a young girl who yearns to be allowed to help her father with his fox-breeding business, but is required to help her mother with household chores. In a gesture of rebellion, the girl lets a horse escape as it is about to be slaughtered for fox food
The father of a girl is a fox farmer. He had silver foxes killed in autumn and early winter, when their fur was good, he killed them and shaved their skins. In winter, the family raised two horses until they were killed for the fox. The girl had never seen a killed horse. Curiosity forced her and her brother to watch their father shoot Mike.
Adapted from the short story of the same name by Alice Munro
A foreign film (Canada)
Intended audience: Ages 10-18
Issued also as videorecording
Tells about a young girl who yearns to be allowed to help her father with his fox-breeding business, but is required to help her mother with household chores. In a gesture of rebellion, the girl lets a horse escape as it is about to be slaughtered for fox food
The father of a girl is a fox farmer. He had silver foxes killed in autumn and early winter, when their fur was good, he killed them and shaved their skins. In winter, the family raised two horses until they were killed for the fox. The girl had never seen a killed horse. Curiosity forced her and her brother to watch their father shoot Mike.
Credits
- Cast
- Megan Follows, David Fox
Complete catalog record
Title from data sheet
Adapted from the short story of the same name by Alice Munro
A foreign film (Canada)
Intended audience: Ages 10-18
Issued also as videorecording
Tells about a young girl who yearns to be allowed to help her father with his fox-breeding business, but is required to help her mother with household chores. In a gesture of rebellion, the girl lets a horse escape as it is about to be slaughtered for fox food
Adapted from the short story of the same name by Alice Munro
A foreign film (Canada)
Intended audience: Ages 10-18
Issued also as videorecording
Tells about a young girl who yearns to be allowed to help her father with his fox-breeding business, but is required to help her mother with household chores. In a gesture of rebellion, the girl lets a horse escape as it is about to be slaughtered for fox food
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Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
- Wikidata · Q4952696 ↗ — length, color, country
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