Nobody Waved Goodbye

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Nobody Waved Goodbye

1964

1h 20m

Drama

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8 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A rebellious teenager turns his back on his family and girlfriend in a desperate attempt to cope with society.

Bosley Crowther

New York Times

A good job of pictorial pamphleteering on the topic of parent-child relations is done by Nobody Waved Good-bye, but it comes to no forceful conclusion, either emotional or intellectual.

Jan 22, 2019

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Variety Staff

Variety

Peter Kastner and Julie Biggs have high and low points in the leads, but they're naturally charming enough to get away with momentary lapses in their performance.

Mar 26, 2009

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

Don Owen's debut feature is a landmark as the first English-language [National Film Board of Canada] movie to bring the technology and style of the direct-cinema documentary movement to feature filmmaking.

Sep 9, 2005

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Elizabeth Hardwick

Vogue

Nobody Waved Goodbye is beautifully done in a plain way. It does not strive for the excitement of art so much as for the satisfactions of accuracy.

Jun 20, 2023

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Judith Crist

New York Herald Tribune

Here is a young man caught in the momentum of his rebellion, adults trapped in the dilemma of their helplessness -- and none is theatrical, each is an individual that we know, a familiar face in the crowd.

Aug 15, 2022

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Paul-Louis Martin

Cahiers du Cinéma

The honesty of the film, its beauty, is precisely that of placing itself out- side adolescence.

May 25, 2021

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This is a really good movie except that the main character (Peter) is such a douche-bag! As a friend in my class put it (and put it best) "You kept thinking, "Come on, don't do that, don't be a dick! Oh, no, he did it, he's a dick. But maybe next time... oh no, he did it again... he's a dick!" So true! As opposed to the first Canadian documentary, I really did appreciate this for a number of reasons. First the fact it was a guerilla film. Secondly, the naturalness of it. Thirdly, the acting was really good. Everyone played so well! But the kid is a giant douche!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Bon film de Don Owen.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Don Owen

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Peter

Julie Biggs

Julie

Claude Rae

Father

Toby Tarnow

Sister

Charmion King

Mother

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Synopsis

A rebellious teenager turns his back on his family and girlfriend in a desperate attempt to cope with society.

Director: Don Owen
Producer: Roman Kroitor, Don Owen
Production Co: National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 20m