Mort Ransen

In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single.
Based on the short story "The Glace Bay Miner's Museum" by Sheldon Currie

Following painful divorce, Mel, high school teacher, tries to regain happiness in his life by returning to good old days of his youth.

Shalinsky, a Jewish university student, is convinced that his non-Jewish professor Mortimer Griffin is guilty of changing his name, suspecting the instructor of hiding his Jewish identity. After listening attentively to Griffin's analysis of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, all the other students file out of the classroom, but Shalinsky lingers to compliment his teacher. After offering words of praise, between puffs of his cigarette, he asks pointedly, "Why did you change your name? You’re a show more Jew." Of course, Griffin is not Jewish and he tells Shalinsky this fact. Griffin is amused at first, and tells his Jewish friends about the incident. However, Shalinsky persists, and simply won't accept that Griffin is not Jewish. Eventually, Griffin gets more and more irritated by Shalinsky's refusal to accept the truth. Finally, irritation gives way to anger and Griffin blurts out comments that sound anti-Semitic. Griffin has a nervous breakdown. In the satirical aftermath, we learn that Griffin has converted to Judaism and become religious. (fonte: Imdb) show less

In this Romance Comedy Saul Rubinek plays Mel a high school teacher, who is currently in the doldrums over his divorce. Mel tries to regain happiness in his life by returning to the good old days of his youth. He rents a house in his old neighbourhood and brings Harvey, his aged and half-paralyzed father with him. Their landlady is Jackie, young and attractive woman who wants to be a singer. Romance blossoms between Mel and his landlady Jackie. (fonte: Guide of Jewish Film on Video)