Old-fashioned inspirational piece about a lonely schoolteacher's love affair with the educational ideal. The homemade look of the movie gives it a modesty and fragility that serve as a shield against any possible irritation you might feel about the formularized story incidents, each one designed to illustrate the fish-out-of-water feeling of a sheepish city boy forced by the Great Depression to snap up and be grateful for an underpaid teaching post in the wilds of Saskatchewan. With Bud Cort and Samantha Eggar; directed by Silvio Narizzano. (1977) — Duncan Shepherd
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