The Drawer Boy

Based On the book by Michael Healey

The Drawer Boy is a Canadian drama film, which was directed by Arturo Pérez Torres and Aviva Armour-Ostroff, and released in 2017. An adaptation of Michael Healey's play The Drawer Boy, the film stars Jakob Ehman as Miles, a young actor who takes a job as a labourer on a farm owned by lifelong friends Morgan (Richard Clarkin) and Angus (Stuart Hughes), but finds that his presence has a destabilizing effect on the men's friendship. The film premiered at the Heartland Film Festival in 2017, and had its Canadian premiere at the Canadian Film Festival in 2018. At the Canadian Film Festival, it won the award for Best Feature Film.

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Release date:

May 1, 2018

Director:

Arturo Pérez Torres

Cast:

Richard Clarkin, Stuart Hughes

Genre:

Drama

Country:

Canada, Mexico

Language:

English

Year page:

2018 in adaptations