Swann (film)
Swann is a 1996 Canadian drama film directed by Anna Benson Gyles, written by David Young, and starring Brenda Fricker as Rose Hindmarch, a small town librarian whose life is significantly changed when Sarah Maloney, a famous author and academic, arrives in town to research a new book about the long-ago murder of local poet Mary Swann. The film's cast also includes Miranda Richardson, Michael Ontkean, David Cubitt, Sean McCann and John Neville. The film was an adaptation of the Carol Shields novel , which was itself inspired by the real-life murder of poet Pat Lowther.
The film premiered as the opening gala at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival.Award nominations
The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996:
It did not win any of the awards.
