Movie: Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

Top 8 Billed Cast

Michèle Chicoine
Michèle Chicoine

Donna

Jackie Burroughs
Jackie Burroughs

Gail

John Sullivan
John Sullivan

Ray Bellew
Ray Bellew

Aino Pirskanen
Aino Pirskanen

Gino Marrocco
Gino Marrocco

Evelyn Gordon
Evelyn Gordon

Derek May
Derek May

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    The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The film shows the currents that brought them together and the facets of their natures that first made them seem compatible but eventually drove them apart. Their story reflects, to a degree, the situation of anyone who has ever shared the life of another.

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    1966-01-01

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