Shoemaker (film)

Shoemaker
Directed byColleen Murphy
Written byJaan Kolk
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyChristophe Bonnière
Edited byWiebke von Carolsfeld
Production
company
Subjective Eye
Release date
  • September 9, 1996 (1996-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
80 min.
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Shoemaker is a 1996 Canadian drama film directed by Colleen Murphy. It was written by Jaan Kolk and produced by Elizabeth Yake for Subjective Eye and the Canadian Film Centre.

The film stars Randy Hughson as Carey, a man with an intellectual disability who works in a shoe repair shop owned by Paul (Hardee T. Lineham); one day, Carey meets and begins a romantic relationship with Anna (Alberta Watson), a woman he meets at the grocery store. The cast also includes George Buza and Ellen-Ray Hennessy.

The film premiered at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released theatrically in Canada and Germany in 1997.