The Wordsmith

Penned by Mordecai Richler and set in wartime Montreal, this touching telefilm stars Saul Rubinek as Mervyn Kaplansky, a young writer from Toronto who boards with a family on St. Urbain Street only to find his aspirations undermined by the colourful yet desperate characters that surround him. Rubinek delivers a very touching performance as the boyish idealistic writer, and he is backed by a strong supporting cast that includes Harvey Atkin, Janet Ward and Peter Boretski.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

72 min

Actor:

Saul Rubinek, Harvey Atkin, Janet Ward

Quality:

HD

Director:

Claude Jutra

Release:

1979

IMDb:

9.0