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Canadian Director Donald Shebib, who made the film on the minute budget of $82,000, has a sense of place that is as certain as his sense of mood and character. The metallic touch of downtown and the dolor of the provinces are both conveyed with an empathy that requires no comment. If there are fewer dramatic crescendos, there are even fewer false notes. If there are crudities of editing, there is a delicate palette of local color. Like the scene from a window, the view is curtailed and cornered, but within the frame it is unblinking and whole...
Canadian film has become a connoisseur's delight. But like its best actresses-Genevieve Bujold, Joanna Shimkus, Margot Kidder-it can no longer be contained at the border. If Shebib can make a polished sleeper for less than one-twentieth the cost of, say, Getting Straight, what could he do with $2,000,000? If there is any justice in the film world (or any astute Hollywood money), the answer to that question should be forthcoming soon...