Who Has Seen the Wind
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The coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is told. The son of the local pharmacist Gerald O'Connal, Brian is in many ways a typical boy, who dislikes school if only because of his run-ins with the nervous schoolteacher, Miss MacDonald, and who tries to catch gophers with his friends, Artie and Forbsie. His best friend and protector is slightly older Jonathan Ben, better known as The Young Ben (as his father is referred to as The Ben), who is highly regarded as a problem by those in town who see themselves as the moral authority if only because of The Young Ben's association to The Ben, the town still keeper and drunk. Brian's life takes a turn when his parents have to leave town temporarily, while Brian stays on his Uncle Sean's farm. That stint leads to a series of events which make Brian see life around him through slightly older and wiser eyes.
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Cast
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Brian Painchaud
Brian O'Connal
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José Ferrer
The Ben
Known for
Dune
Lawrence of Arabia
Allan King
Richard Leiterman
W.O. Mitchell
Gwen Iveson
Gordon Pinsent
Gerald O'Connal
Known for
The Pillars of the Earth
Away from Her
Patricia Watson
Pierre Lamy
Eldon Rathburn
Helen Shaver
Ruth Thompson
Known for
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
The Land Before Time
Arla Saare
Allan King Director · Patricia Watson Screenplay W.O. Mitchell Author
Budget $1.1M · United States release January 1, 1980 · Produced in Canada
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Budget
$1,120,000
Production
Allan King Associates
Production
Astral Bellevue Pathé
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · April 20, 1977
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1980
Theatrical
France
November 1, 1977 · Paris Film Festival
Hungary
August 3, 1994 · TV premiere
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