Watch at Home 11.09.2010

Nurse.Fighter.Boy

Directed by Charles Officer
Film Movement
2008
93 Minutes
Canada
English
Romance, Black Cinema, Drama
Not Rated

Jude is a single mother who descends from a long line of Jamaican caregivers. She works the night shift at a Toronto hospital so she can provide for her young son Ciel - who dreams of being a musician. Silence (The WIRE’s Clark Johnson) is a past-his-prime boxer who fights illegally to survive. During the last week of summer, a late-night brawl finds the fighter in the nurse's care causing their three fates to be forever entwined.

Director & Cast

  • Director: Charles Officer
  • Starring: Clark Johnson
  • Starring: Karen LeBlanc
  • Starring: Daniel J. Gordon

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Reviews

  • "Gorgeously crafted. Enchanting!"
    Jennie Punter, The Globe and Mail
  • "HOMICIDE and THE WIRE's Clark Johnson gives a quietly intense performance."
    Adam Nayman, EYE Weekly
Nominated
Best Film
Canadian Oscars®
Winner
Best Original Song
Canadian Oscars®
Winner
Audience Award
Mannheim Heidelberg Int'l Film Festival
Official Selection
Toronto Int'l Film Festival