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To Set Our House in Order

Name: To Set Our House in Order
Duration: 23 min

Anne Wheeler

1985 | 23 min

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In coming to grips with previously well-concealed information about the death of her uncle in World War I, and the emotional upheaval it continues to cause her family, a young girl begins to question the benevolence of God and the order in God's world. Based on the short story by Margaret Laurence.

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Credits

director

Anne Wheeler
script

Anne Wheeler
producer

Janice Platt
executive producer

Michael MacMillan

Tom Radford

Andy Thomson
associate producer

William Weintraub

Seaton McLean
photography

David De Volpi
sound

Garrell Clark
editing

Barbara Evans
sound editing

Bill Graziadei
re-recording

Jean-Pierre Joutel

Adrian Croll
narrator

Molly Whalen
music

Tim McCauley
cast

Jane Heather

Tom Heaton

Doris Petrie

Josephine Stebbings

Maureen Thomas

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