On My Own (film)

On My Own
On My Own
Directed by	Antonio Tibaldi
Written by	Antonio Tibaldi; Gill Dennis; John Frizzell
Produced by	Ellepi Films; Rosa Colosimo Films
Starring	Judy Davis; Matthew Ferguson
Cinematography	Vic Sarin
Edited by	Edward McQueen-Mason
Music by	Franco Piersanti
Production; company	Alliance Communications Corporation
Distributed by	Alliance Films
Release dates	1991 (Italy); 1992 (Spain); 1993 (Australia);
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Australia; Canada
Language	English
Budget	Can$3,885,000
Box office	A$60,000 (Australia)

On My Own is a 1991 film starring Judy Davis and Matthew Ferguson. Ferguson plays Simon Henderson, a student at an Ontario boarding school, whose father lives in Hong Kong, and whose mother (played by Davis) is from England. The plot revolves around Simon coming to terms with the revelation that his mother suffers from schizophrenia.

Production[edit]

Some of the film's location shooting was done in London, England (not London, Ontario), St. Catharines, Ontario, Toronto and Stratford, Ontario. The film is primarily set at an "Ontario boarding school" and the scenes showing the school were filmed at two real-life boarding schools in Ontario, Ridley College (with its distinctive bell tower and entrance gates, called the Marriott Gates) and Upper Canada College (including the interior of the Upper School and the interior of Wedd's boarding house).

Post-production for the film was done in Australia by the South Australian Film Corporation.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Production Surveys", Cinema Papers, May 1991 p73
^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria accessed 15 November 2012
^ Bob Evans, "OUR PIECE OF THE ACTION", The Australian Financial Review, 18 October 1991 p 33