Mooney Pottie (Balaban) is a 15-year-old misfit who will do anything to get out of dreary New Waterford, N.S. Lou Benzoa (Spencer-Nairn) is a tough girl from the Bronx who couldn’t be happier to be moving to the seaside hamlet. Lou is as extroverted and impulsive as Mooney is shy and withdrawn, and soon their unlikely friendship starts turning the town upside down. Lou wins over the local girls by punishing their two-timing boyfriends, while Mooney plans a new life in New York City. Hilarious and exuberant, New Waterford Girl paints a touching picture of coming-of-age in a small town.
New Waterford Girl
Comedy / ESL
The New Waterford Girl
The film was nominated for seven Genie Awards.
Director: Allan Moyle
Director, screenwriter and actor Moyle wrote the seminal Canadian films Montreal Main and The Rubber Gun, and directed the latter. His film credits also include Times Square, Pump Up the Volume, Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story and Weirdsville. He is currently working on the documentary How Sweet It Is.
Director
Allan Moyle
Writer(s)
Tricia Fish
Star(s)
Liane Balaban, Andrew McCarthy, Nicholas Campbell, Tara Spencer-Nairn
Year
2000
Length
97 min
Rating
AA
LANGUAGE
English
SUBTITLES
English CC, French
DUBBING
French
