Rose's House

Name: Rose's House
Duration: 58 min
Cast: Rose Maltais-Borris, Albert Borris, Ronald Maltais, Garry Borris, John Brown

Movie

StarringRose Maltais-BorrisAlbert BorrisRonald Maltais

DirectorClay Borris

WritersPaulette Jiles

NR 58 min

Plot

This NFB docu-drama takes an unvarnished look at life in a working-class boarding house. Based on the filmmaker's memories of his own mother's boarding house in Cabbagetown, Toronto, the story revolves around Rose and how she runs her establishment. With a household as full and varied as hers, domesticity clashes with disputes about bootlegging, violence, and stealing. Even authority isn't exempt: she does battle with a social worker over her son's theft of a bicycle. Rose is the queen of her castle, and delivers her own brand of justice.

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