Full awards and nominations of Glace Bay Miner's Museum
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Drama
In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what you do, you can't avoid the spectre of the pit forever.
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43th San Sebastián Film Festival (1995)
- winner Best Picture - Golden Shell
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16th Genie Awards 1996
- nom. Best Picture
- nom. Best Direction (Mort Ransen)
- nom. Best Leading Actor (Clive Russell)
- winner Best Leading Actress (Helena Bonham Carter)
- winner Best Supporting Actor (Kenneth Welsh)
- winner Best Supporting Actress (Kate Nelligan)
- winner Best Original Screenplay (Mort Ransen, Gerald Wexler)
- nom. Best Production Design / Art Direction (William Fleming, David McHenry)
- nom. Best Cinematography (Vic Sarin)
- winner Best Original Score (Milan Kymlicka)
- winner Best Costume Design (Nicoletta Massone)