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Surfacing (1981) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1981 · 89 mins · English
- Directed by
- Claude Jutra
- Starring
- Michael Ironside, R.H. Thomson, Joseph Bottoms, Kathleen Beller, James Buller, Larry Schwartz
After her father's inexplicable disappearance, Kate leads her urban friends into the rugged backwoods to find him. The unforgiving wilderness tests them physically and amplifies their contrasting personalities, turning the desperate search into a fierce struggle filled with intense emotion and unrestrained passion.
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