This is a good movie, set in the 1930's and accurately portrayed by the events and the history of the depression in Canada. If u are looking for a fun movie to watch-don't watch this, but if you need an insight into the way of life during the prairies in Canada in the 1930's this movie is what you need. This movie does a good job of showing how employment and basic needs such as shelter, food, and water were rare and hard to find during the depression. It also shows the trends and life in the 1930's and gives you a look back in time, at how things were. This movie doesn't have a good picture or sound but it is informative. This movie is about a teacher, who during the hard times moves to the Prairies, in such of a job to make a living.
----Full Summary---- This movie, is about a Canadian teacher, Max Brown who is forced to move to the prairies, by borrowing money to find a job. When he arrives, Max also does not receive food/water supplies and has a hard time fitting in and surviving in this new place. He is hired to teach a class of students from grades 1-10, who misbehave sometimes. He also finds himself, in company with Alice, the wife of a farmer in Saskatchewan. He receives $20 a month, which is much less then previously negotiated and somehow resists urges of taking the train to back home. Max later has a brief relationship with Alice and manages to control his class before the school year ends and he goes back home before returning the next year.
----Full Summary---- This movie, is about a Canadian teacher, Max Brown who is forced to move to the prairies, by borrowing money to find a job. When he arrives, Max also does not receive food/water supplies and has a hard time fitting in and surviving in this new place. He is hired to teach a class of students from grades 1-10, who misbehave sometimes. He also finds himself, in company with Alice, the wife of a farmer in Saskatchewan. He receives $20 a month, which is much less then previously negotiated and somehow resists urges of taking the train to back home. Max later has a brief relationship with Alice and manages to control his class before the school year ends and he goes back home before returning the next year.