The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom (2011)

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It’s 1976 and Elizabeth is just your average suburban 11-year-old praying for adolescence to arrive when
she discovers her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, Elizabeth runs away
in search of her true identity. Her adoptive mother Marion is then forced to break out of the carefully
constructed “truth” she’s been clinging to and go after her daughter. This leads to a cathartic crosscountry
trek by a mother searching for a daughter who’s searching for a mother – both of them really
searching for themselves…. The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom is a poignant, sometimes funny, very
female, coming of age story that explores the tension between creating identity and finding it within.

95 minutes - Drama
Release date: March 18, 2011
Canadian Distributor: Mongrel Media
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MAIN CAST:

Julia Stone
Rebecca Windheim
Rebecca Croll
Macha Grenon
Trevor Hayes
Paula Costain
Gil Bellows
Luca Palladini
Brian Wrench
Emma Elle Paterson
Lea Roy
Pauline Little
Andrew Peplowski
Chantele Francis
Keenan Lehmann
Keir Cutler
Lyne Riel
Will Woytowich
Mung-Ling Tsui
Jack Hackel
Akalu Meekis
Brian Roach
Spencer Duncanson
Richard Jutras
Teale Bishopric

Barbara Shrier
Liz Jarvis
Theresa Piercy
Tara Johns
Tara Johns
Claudine Sauvé

Luc Sicard

(In order of appearance)

Elizabeth Gray
Anabelle Kowalski
Stella Kowalski
Marion Gray
Ken Kowalski
Church lady
Phil Gray
Darryle Jameson
Mr. Lambert
Shelley
Lana
Mrs. Meherall
News Anchor
Gloria
Kid in station wagon
Senior Customs Agent
Female Customs worker
Customs Officer
Jean Lee
Radio D.J.
Young Man with tattoo
Scalper
Usher #1
Usher #2
6-year-old Dolly Parton look-alike