Another Planet

Story

Synopsis

Cassandra Jones is a young woman from Toronto with a very active imagination and unique view of the world. Feeling trapped by life in her low-income community, and unable to relate to her brother Patrick, a petty criminal, or her overly pious mother, Mary, Cassandra decides to leave Toronto. She applies and is accepted into an exchange program between Quebec and West Africa. When she reaches her Quebec destination, a pig farm, she encounters, Sylvie Leblanc, a woman in need of change, her husband, Luc Leblanc, a man afraid of change and Abdoulaye Diallo, her African exchange counter-part, a man who regrets his decision to seek change. Because none of her expectations are met, Cassandra quickly becomes unhappy on the farm. Her presence creates plenty of tension, much of it humorous. A surprising conclusion comes about after a roller-coaster series of events.

Director

Christene Browne

Writers

Christene Browne

Language

English

Country

Canada

Release date

3 October 1999

Ensemble

Cast

• Sandy Daley

  Cassandra Jones

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  Daniel Lévesque

  Luc Leblanc

• Monique MacDonald

  Sylvie LeBlanc

• Marcia Brown

  Mary Jones

• Tiemoko Simaga

  Abdoulaye Diallo

• Mathieu Dutan

  Jean Leblanc

• Panchetta S. Barnett

  God

• Babs Hopkinson

  Newscaster(voice)(uncredited)