Nobody Waved Goodbye

Nobody Waved Goodbye

80 mins | Drama | Aug. 13, 1964

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.

Nobody Waved Goodbye

80 mins | Drama | Aug. 13, 1964

Nobody Waved Goodbye
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Nobody Waved Goodbye
Directors Don Owen
Writers Don Owen

Cast

Peter Kastner

as Peter Marke

Julie Biggs

as Julie

Claude Rae

as Warren Marke, Peter's Father

Toby Tarnow

as Jennifer Marke, Peter's Sister

Charmion King

as Mary Marke, Peter's Mother

Ron Taylor

as Ron, Jennifer's Boyfriend

Robert Hill

as Patrolman

Jack Beer

as Sergeant

Sean Sullivan

as Probation Officer

Lynne Gorman

as Julie's Mother

Ivor Barry

as Interviewer

Sharon Bonin

as Waitress

Norman Ettlinger

as Landlord

John Vernon

as Lot Supervisor