Quote:
"The Far Shore is a landmark in Canadian film. As well as being the most expensive and most ambitious undertaking by a woman to be funded by the CFDC [Canadian Film Development Corporation] (two of the 130 projects listed in CFDC annual reports were directed by women), it draws on themes in Canadian history and experience. [...] The story may be old, but it is extraordinary in the telling because the dimensions of women's understanding and perspectives are brought in, making the characters believable in a totally fresh way. And this results in the most beautiful erotic love scene filmed in Canada to date with which women can strongly identify."
-- Susan M. Crean

Source:
Crean, S. M. Who's Afraid of Canadian Culture? Don Mills, Ont.: General Publishing Co., 1976. (p. 97)