Eddy Christopher Barrington-Leigh as Robert Sutton Jeffrey Smith as Nicholas Sutton Meredith Rimmer as Naomi Sutton Yolanda Cardinal as Lisa Dale Willier as Jesse Wesley Seminowich as Wayne Janet Wright as Audrey Sawchuk Don MacKay as Mike Sawchuk Paul Whitney as Joe Pilsudski Veena Sood as Sima Critical response Writing for CineAction, Robin Wood praised the representation of female strength and autonomy in Loyalties. He commented that the film shows both Rosanne and Lily evolving into women who stand up for themselves as well as each other; they overcome "all the social barriers of class, race and upbringing" and "win through to friendship and solidarity simply because they are women". Awards Loyalties won three awards and was nominated for another seven. Anne Wheeler won the AMPIA Award for Best Director, and the Grand Prix Award at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival. The film received eight Genie Award nominations at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987, for Best Picture, Best Actor (Welsh), Best Actress (Cardinal), Best Supporting Actor (Jackson), Best Director (Wheeler), Best Original Screenplay (Sharon Riis), Best Costume Design (Wendy Partridge) and Best Sound Editing (Sharon Lackie, Peter McBurnie and Peter Thilaye). Partridge won the award for Best Costume Design. References External links 1986 films English-language Canadian films 1986 drama films Films set in the Canadian Prairies Canadian drama films Films shot in Alberta Films directed by Anne Wheeler British drama films 1980s English-language films 1980s Canadian films 1980s British films