The Bitter Ash
Directed by Larry Kent
1963Feature80 minCanada
A bored young man trapped by a pregnancy claim and a woman stuck in a stifling marriage find each other by chance.
StatusAvailable to book
ReleaseOctober 26, 1963
Runtime80 min
FormatsDCP · Digital file
On screensReady to book
Synopsis
Des works at a boring job, and his girlfriend Julie is pressuring him to get married by claiming to be pregnant. Laurie is living a life of quiet desperation with her husband, an aspiring writer who refuses to look for a job. Des meets Laurie while visiting a work-mate who is dying of leukemia.
The director
Larry Kent
Larry Kent is a South African-born filmmaker who became a pioneer of independent English-Canadian cinema in Vancouver. His frank, low-budget features of the 1960s, starting with The Bitter Ash (1963), shocked censors and inspired a generation.
