Nobody Waved Good-bye (1964)

A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.

Director:

Don Owen

Writer:

Don Owen

Stars:

Peter Kastner, Julie Biggs, Claude Rae

1 win.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Peter Kastner	...	Peter
Julie Biggs	...	Julie
Claude Rae	...	Father
Toby Tarnow	...	Sister
Charmion King	...	Mother
Ron Taylor	...	Boy Friend
Bob Hill	...	Patrolman (as Robert Hill)
Jack Beer	...	Sergeant
Sean Sullivan	...	Probation Officer (as John Sullivan)
Lynne Gorman	...	Julie's Mother
Ivor Barry	...	Interviewer
Sharon Bonin	...	Waitress
Norman Ettlinger	...	Landlord
John Vernon	...	Lot Supervisor

Storyline

18 year-old Peter lives with his parents in a middle-class Toronto suburb and rebels constantly against their imposed middle-class goals and conventions and the materialist values they represent. He constantly mocks and belittles his family with his only real ally being his girlfriend Julie. Peter's relationship with his parents reaches its boiling point when he borrows his father's new car without permission and is left by him to spend the night in jail after Peter is arrested for reckless driving. Peter runs away from home and moves into a rooming house, and eventually gets a shady job as a parking attendant. His relationship with Julie becomes exponentially more complicated and he finally realizes that being alone in the real world is much harder than he ever imagined.

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Plot Keywords:

actor shares first name with character

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Taglines:

It's Happening in the BRONX - It's Happening in DARIEN - It's Happening in GREAT NECK - It's Happening in Every Home in America!

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 August 1964 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Départ sans adieux

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 75,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

References Cleopatra (1963)

User Reviews

Gripping realism, spontaneous acting.

I saw this film in 1965. It is very "Canadian" and depicts Toronto at a time when it was still basically a WASP city (before Yorkville). Note that actors Peter and Julie have the same name as their characters. They play two teens who fall in love, and she becomes pregnant.The treatment of this dilemma and the family dynamics is very realistic, enhanced by the black/white photography. If my memory serves me, there was no set script for this film; the actors developed their own lines. One is left with the feeling of having witnessed the real-life tensions in the lives of the people on the screen. Unlike "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg", this story of young love in difficulty is stark and realistic. There is not much sense of romance or beauty. It is gripping.