Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher
| Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John N. Smith |
| Written by | Mariette Cook John N. Smith |
| Produced by | Vladimir Valenta |
| Starring | Martin Kevan Marina Dimakopoulos |
| Cinematography | David De Volpi Barry Perles |
| Edited by | John N. Smith |
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Release date |
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Running time | 28 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher is a Canadian short drama film directed by John N. Smith and released in 1977.[1] The film stars Martin Kevan as Mr. Todrick, a wheelchair-using substitute teacher facing an unruly high school class, and Marina Dimakopoulos as Tony, a student and class leader who comes to regret how she treated Mr. Todrick after she is given detention.[2]
Dimakopoulos won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in a Non-Feature at the 28th Canadian Film Awards.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Brian J. Low, NFB Kids: Portrayals of Children by the National Film Board of Canada, 1939-1989. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780889207202. p. 177.
- ^ Richard Labonté, "NFB short gets message across". Ottawa Citizen, June 25, 1980.
- ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. p. 119.
External links
[edit]- Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher at IMDb
- Watch Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher on the NFB website
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Categories:
- 1977 films
- Canadian coming-of-age drama films
- National Film Board of Canada short films
- Films directed by John N. Smith
- Films about teacher–student relationships
- Films about educators
- Films set in schools
- 1970s English-language films
- Canadian drama short films
- 1970s Canadian films
- English-language Canadian films
- 1970s Canadian film stubs