The Secret Life of Algernon is a 1997 Canadian comedy film directed by Charles Jarrott.
[1] The film is based on the novel by Russell H. Greenan The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton.
Algernon is an old man who lives alone, having conversations with a porcelain cat and making things out of bones, for which he boils a neighbor's dead dog.
He is visited by an old friend who is dying of ailments and thus commits suicide, leaving a million dollars in a suitcase.
Filming took place throughout New Brunswick, including the cities of Moncton and Saint John,[2] with parts also being shot in the village of Riverside-Albert in Albert County.