Saint Jude (2000)
October 6, 2000Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Liane Balaban
Jude
Nicholas Campbell
Dad
Raymond Cloutier
Clarence
Bernie Coulson
Big Al
Kris Lemche
Gabe
Louise Portal
Georgie's Mother
Victor Soumis
Georgie
Simon Peacock
Lenny
Tom Watt
Pat
Victoria Sanchez
Maureen
Matthew Harbour
Other Kid #1
Dylan Lewis
Other Kid #2
Heather O'Neill
Writer
John L'Ecuyer
Director
Esta Spalding
Writer
André Duval
Hairstylist
Nicole Robert
Producer
Pierre Allard
Art Direction
Beth Pasternak
Costume Design
Sandra Cunningham
Producer
Ginette D'Amico
Casting
Stephen Reizes
Director of Photography
Mark Korven
Original Music Composer
John Hazen
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nadine Petit Clerc
Set Decoration
Christiane Fattori
Makeup Artist
Daniel Hamood
Sound Effects Editor
Stephen Surjik
Thanks
Nick Hector
Editor
Details.
Wiki.
Saint Jude is a Canadian drama film, directed by John L'Ecuyer and released in 2000. The film stars Liane Balaban as Jude, a teenage girl from a dysfunctional family who hangs out on the streets of Montreal as a prostitute and drug addict.
The cast includes Nicholas Campbell as Jude's father, Victoria Sanchez as her sister Maureen, Kris Lemche as Maureen's HIV+ drug addict boyfriend Gabe and Bernie Coulson as Big Al, as well as Raymond Cloutier, Louise Portal, Victor Soumis, Simon Peacock, Tom Watt, Daniela Akerblom, Robert Morin, David DiSalvio, Arizona O'Neill, Mary Morter, Gerald L'Ecuyer, Griffith Brewer and Sasha Dominique in supporting roles.
The screenplay was written by Heather O'Neill and Esta Spalding, based in part on O'Neill's short story "Big Al". It was shot in Montreal in spring 1999.
The film premiered in the Perspective Canada program at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival.