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Café Daughter is a 2023 Canadian drama film, directed by Shelley Niro. Adapted from Kenneth T. Williams's stage play of the same name, which was itself a fictionalized account of the life of Canadian physician and senator Lillian Dyck, the film stars Violah Beauvais as Yvette Wong, a young girl of mixed Cree and Chinese Canadian ancestry growing up in Saskatchewan in the 1960s, who faces challenges after the death of her mother but remains focused on her goal of attending medical school to become a doctor.
Original Release
2023
Cast
Name | Character |
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Star Slade | |
Violah Beauvais | Young Yvette Wong |
Sera-Lys McArthur | Katherine Wong |
Tom Lim | Charlie Wong |
Billy Merasty | Amos Horseknife |
Blair Lamora | Doris Horseknife |
Evan Lau | Young Carl Wong |
Julian Young | Carl Wong |
Demaris Moon Walker | Maggie Wolfe |
Dylan Cook | Peter Horseknife |
Directors
Writers
Shelley Niro, Kenneth T. Williams
Cast
Name | Character |
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Star Slade | |
Violah Beauvais | Young Yvette Wong |
Sera-Lys McArthur | Katherine Wong |
Tom Lim | Charlie Wong |
Billy Merasty | Amos Horseknife |
Blair Lamora | Doris Horseknife |
Evan Lau | Young Carl Wong |
Julian Young | Carl Wong |
Demaris Moon Walker | Maggie Wolfe |
Dylan Cook | Peter Horseknife |
Edna Manitowabi | Kokum Mary |
Joanne Boland | Miss Scott |
Chris Farquhar | Mr. Adams |
William C Cole | Dr. Thompson |
Carrie Schiffler | Customer's Wife |
John Clifford Talbot | Customer |
Daren Sullivan | Reverend Smith |
Zachary Cox | Tommy Churchill |
Chelsie Gold | Valedictorian |
Kevan Kase | Police man #2 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Shelley Niro | Producer |
Amos Adetuyi | Producer |
Mark Andrew Sirju | Producer |