Pit Pony
"A Diamond in the Rough"
Overview
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his family has. Willie's stern, but benevolent father is a coal miner in a local mine along with his older brother John. But when Willie's father is injured and John is killed in an accident at the mine, Willie is forced to step into his brother's shoes to support his older sister Nelle, and two younger sisters until their father recovers. Willie soon finds work at the mine lonely (aka: the pit) and unfriendly in which he forms a bond with a pit pony horse in order to make it though each day.
About Pit Pony (1997)
Released in 1997, Pit Pony is a drama, family and history film from CBC (Canada). It was directed by Eric Till and written by Heather Conkie. The cast is led by Richard Donat, Ben Rose-Davis, Jennie Raymond, Andrew Keilty and Elliot Page. With a runtime of 1h 32m, the film averages 8.3/10 across 3 TMDB ratings.
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