The Lotus Eaters
Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light of Galiano Island is beautifully rendered in writer/producer Peggy Thompson's The Lotus Eaters, and that's not the only elusive element that this film has captured. In revisiting its particular time and place - the Gulf Islands of the early '60s -Thompson obviously draws on her own family experiences there. For those who share Thompson's love of Gulf Islands magic, the elements she has assembled will feel as familiar as their own childhood blanket. But there are problems at the core of this story about a family's loss of innocence.
Cast
Tara Frederick
as Cleo Kingswood
Aloka McLean
as Zoe Kingswood
R.H. Thomson
as Hal Kingswood
Sheila McCarthy
as Diana Kingswood
Andrea Libman
as Jo Spittle
Tony Dakota
as Geoffrey
Jacques Hubert
as Mr. Ralston
Frances Hyland
as Flora Kingswood
Suzie Payne
as Miss Oliffe
Simon Webb
as Rev Winter
