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Jack of Hearts

Directed by Cynthia Scott
Canada, 1986 (fiction, 24 minutes, colour, English)
Jack of Hearts
Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description:
"A drama based on a humorous short story by Isabel Huggan in which a thirteen-year-old girl is mortified to learn that she has been given the role of a boy in a forthcoming ballet recital."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Jack Blum, Sharon Corder
Based on: "Jack of Hearts," a short story by Isabel Huggan
Produced by: Cindy Hamon-Hill, Giles Walker, Michael MacMillan, Andy Thomson
Principal Cast: John Friesen, Jill Gamberg, René Gersovitz, Joan Heney, Phaedra Hicks, Bronwen Mantel, Patricia Phillips, Michelle Polak, Pauline Rathbone, Susana Urra
Cinematography: Andreas Poulsson
Film Editing: Richard Todd
Music: Richard Gresko
Production Company: Atlantis Films Limited, National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada
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