DIRECTOR
Allan Moyle
PRODUCED BY
Ted East (Executive Producer)
Victor Loewy (Executive Producer)
Christopher Zimmer (Executive Producer)
Jennifer Kawaja (Producer)
Julia Sereny (Producer)
Tricia Fish (Associate Producer)
STARRING
Cathy Moriarty, Andrew McCarthy, Mary Walsh, Nicholas Campbell, Lianne Balaban, Tara Spencer-Nairn
“Funny, generous and exuberant, Allan Moyle’s New Waterford Girl, revisits that well-trodden rites-of-passage motif … with effortless empathy and highly specific local colour…Mooney Pottie…is a memorable character that newcomer Lianne Balaban embodies with a singular brand of gawky poise.” – Village Voice, New York
In New Waterford, a rundown little town on the edge of the Atlantic, two teenage girls develop an unlikely bond. Mooney Pottie, a melancholy loner, has lived in the town all her life, and desperately yearns to leave. Lou Benzoa, a loud, brassy girl from the Bronx, has just moved to town with her mother, fleeing a mysterious past. She absolutely loves her new home, although she’s having more than a little trouble learning to fit in. Together, Moonie and Lou help each other discover their real hopes and dreams. A fierce, funny hyper-twist on the “coming of age” theme.