Heart of the Sun (1998)
Depression era drama set in Alberta finds a farmer's wife who swears that her inability to have a child is a punishment from God. In fact, it is slowly revealed that her inability to have a child stems from an illicit relationship that she had with a local priest and a subsequent operation forced on her in a cover-up by the church and her family which left her infertile
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Cast
Christianne Hirt
as Jennie McGrane
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Shaun Johnston
as Harry
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Merrilyn Gann
as Edna
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Eric Johnson
as Jack
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Graham Greene
as Ol'Billy
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Michael Riley
as Father Ed
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Director
Francis Damberger