- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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2 out of 5
In September 1998, Swissair Flight 111 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia, killing all 229 people on board. David Wellington's TV movie centres on two strangers bound together by the tragedy. Kate Nelligan is typically assured as a mother hoping to find evidence that her teenage daughter somehow survived the tragedy. Hugh Thompson offers solid support as a fisherman still traumatised by his failure to rescue anyone from the sea following the crash. The emphasis is firmly on sensitivity, but Michael Amo's script mostly resists the temptation to wallow in sentiment and conveys something of the devastation experienced by both the bereaved and the bystander.
Plot Summary
Drama starring Kate Nelligan. The mother of a plane-crash victim travels to Nova Scotia in an attempt to piece together the last moments of her daughter's life.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Kate O'Rourke
- Kate Nelligan
- Everett Barkhouse
- Hugh Thompson
- Sandy Martel
- Stacy Smith
- Cheryl Barkhouse
- Janet Kidder
- Emma O'Rourke
- Kristin Booth
- Earl Barkhouse
- Peter MacNeill
- Donna Rafuse
- Martha Irving
- Vern Rafuse
- Gary Levert
Crew
- Director
- David Wellington
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