Edge of Madness

1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she sews while the local prefect, Henry Mullen, investigates. In flashbacks we see her arranged marriage to the hard-working but angry Simon, who takes her to his half-built homestead and abuses her. She's treated well by his younger brother George, with whom she laughs, but he's too weak to protect her. Is she guilty? At the homestead, Mullen hears a different story, one that exonerates Annie. Can he unearth the truth? Then what?

Keywords

  • Best Novels Adaptation
  • Best Novels Adaptation (home)
  • Female Filmmakers
  • prison
  • relationship

Actors

  • Paul Johansson
  • Jennifer Pelser
  • Terri Cherniak
  • Brendan Fehr
  • Frank Adamson
  • Pauline Broderick
  • Jonas Chernick
  • Currie Graham
  • Caroline Dhavernas
  • Anne Ross
  • Wayne Nicklas
  • Nicole Bremault
  • Francis Damberger
  • Peter Wingfield
  • Corey Sevier
  • Hilary Carroll
  • Ruth De Graves
  • Tantoo Cardinal

Director

  • Anne Wheeler

Drama

1h 39min

-16

EN

NL

Canada
United States
2002
1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she sews while the local prefect, Henry Mullen, investigates. In flashbacks we see her arranged marriage to the hard-working but angry Simon, who takes her to his half-built homestead and abuses her. She's treated well by his younger brother George, with whom she laughs, but he's too weak to protect her. Is she guilty? At the homestead, Mullen hears a different story, one that exonerates Annie. Can he unearth the truth? Then what?

1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she sews while the local prefect, Henry Mullen, investigates. In flashbacks we see her arranged marriage to the hard-working but angry Simon, who takes her to his half-built homestead and abuses her. She's treated well by his younger brother George, with whom she laughs, but he's too weak to protect her. Is she guilty? At the homestead, Mullen hears a different story, one that exonerates Annie. Can he unearth the truth? Then what?


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