---
title: 'New Waterford Girl (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Allan Moyle'
released: '1999-09-12'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/new-waterford-girl-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213121/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# New Waterford Girl (1999)

1999 · 97 min · Comedy, Drama · Canada


## Synopsis

New Waterford Girl is a 1999 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, and written by Tricia Fish. It stars Liane Balaban as Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie, a teenager in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, who dreams of life beyond her small-town home. She is inspired and fascinated when Lou Benzoa, an idiosyncratic girl from New York City, moves into the house next door. Agnes learns Lou has a talent for boxing, leading to her taking Lou in as "muscle" in an attempt to make some changes around town.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Allan Moyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-moyle)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Geoff Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoff-bennett-2)

## Cast

- [Tara Spencer-Nairn](https://cinepixo.com/people/tara-spencer-nairn)
- [Nicholas Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-campbell)
- [Liane Balaban](https://cinepixo.com/people/liane-balaban)
- [Mary Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-walsh)
- [Andrew McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-mccarthy)
- [Cathy Moriarty](https://cinepixo.com/people/cathy-moriarty)
- [Mark McKinney](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-mckinney)
- [Bette MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/bette-macdonald)
- [Ashley MacIsaac](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashley-macisaac)
- [Marguerite McNeil](https://cinepixo.com/people/marguerite-mcneil)

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