Kayla: A Cry in The Wilderness

Name: Kayla: A Cry in The Wilderness
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: 1997-01-01
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 6.70
Cast: Tod Fennell, Meredith Henderson, Henry Czerny, Bronwen Booth

– Set in the 1920s, this film tells the poignant and inspiring story of Sam MacKenzie (Tod Fennell), a..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.70 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 36 Minutes

Release Year:

1997

Kayla: A Cry in The Wilderness — Kayla: A Cry in the Wilderness (1997)

Set in the 1920s, this film tells the poignant and inspiring story of Sam MacKenzie (Tod Fennell), a boy whose explorer dad disappeared on an expedition to the Arctic tundra. Unable to make friends, adjust to his new Canadian home or get along with his stepfather (Henry Czerny), Sam finds solace in Kayla, a wild dog he hopes to enter in a dogsled race. But when the community turns against Kayla, Sam must come to her rescue.

Story Timeline:

1920s

Producing Country:

Germany, Canada

Filming Locations:

Quebec

Genre:

Family, Drama

Language:

English

Directed by:

Nicholas Kendall

Story Written By:

Elizabeth van Steenwyk, Peter Behrens

Main Actors:

Tod Fennell, Meredith Henderson, Henry Czerny, Bronwen Booth

Plot:

Sam, the 12 year old son of a famous missing polar explorer, has despaired. His mother has married again and moved with him and her new husband to the wasteland of Canada. He doesn't like him, the place, and has problems finding new friends. One day he meets a wild dog which one looks like the leader of his father's sled dogs. With him and the two family dogs he plans to compete in this year's sled dog race. He is getting closer to the neighbour's daughter who is able to build the sled. But her father wants to kill all wild dogs...

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production Company:

Taurusfilm

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.7/10

#Ridicule

#Dog Sled

#Insult

#Missing Father

#Explorer