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Henry & Verlin is a canadien film of genre Drama with Gary Farmer
Henry & Verlin (1994)
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Add to a movie listHenry & Verlin is a 1994 Canadian film directed by Gary Ledbetter and starring Gary Farmer, Keegan MacIntosh, and Margot Kidder.
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Set during the Great Depression, the film centers on an unlikely friendship that forms between Henry (Gary Farmer), an autistic adult with a childlike spirit, and his nine-year-old nephew Verlin (Keegan MacIntosh), who is also autistic. Henry helps Verlin to come out of his shell, but Verlin's mother mistrusts him, believing him to be dangerous. Henry's family eventually decides to institutionalize him and Verlin sinks back into himself at the sudden loss of his friend.Actors
Gary Farmer
(Henry)
Margot Kidder
(Mabel)
Robert Joy
(Ferris)
Joan Orenstein
(Agnes)
Eric Peterson
(Lovejoy)
David Cronenberg
(Doc Fisher)
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