The Bay Boy

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The Bay Boy was a highly-praised 1984 film based on director Daniel Petrie Jr’s semiautobiographical account of growing up in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia (a Canadian mining town in Cape Breton Island), during the Great Depression.

[edit] Plot

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This is Kiefer Sutherland's first film and he stars as Donald Campbell, a sensitive teenage boy coming-of-age in a dark and uncertain time in both his community and life. His mother (Liv Ullman) wants him to continue his education and become a priest, but Donald is more interested in girls than the bible, and a molestation attempt by a local priest dissuades him from this path.

He spends his time helping his father (Peter Donat) with a Bootleg Pit while caring for his mentally handicapped older brother and pursuing Saxon Coldwell (Leah Pinsent), his next-door neighbor.

Donald lives a hard-working but happy life, surrounded by old friends and family. But one night he witnesses a murder by a local policemen, the father of his neighbor and object of affection. He knows speaking out might endanger his family and his relationship with the man's daughters.

Petrie's sensitive and nostalgic vision of his charming and picturesque boyhood home enhances the mood and spirit of the film, delighting in the daily lives of the eccentric local color and tight-knit families. The movie was filmed entirely on location in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; primarily in Glace Bay. Many of the 'extras' parts were played by local residents.

[edit] Cast

  • Liv Ullmann as Mrs. Campbell
  • Kiefer Sutherland as Donald Campbell
  • Peter Donat as Mr. Campbell
  • Alan Scarfe ... Sergeant Tom Coldwell
  • Mathieu Carrière ... Father Chaisson
  • Chris Wiggins ... Chief Charlie McInnes
  • Thomas Peacocke ... Father McKinnon
  • Isabelle Mejias ... Mary McNeil
  • Jane McKinnon ... Dianna Coldwell
  • Leah Pinsent ... Saxon Coldwell
  • Peter Spence ... Joe Campbell
  • Josephine Chaplin ... Marie Chaisson
  • Pauline Lafont ... Janine Chaisson
  • Roy McMullin ... Paul Ratchford
  • Kathy McGuire ... Sister Roberta
  • Robbie Gallivan ... Frank Carrey
  • Bob Rose ... Danny McIsaac
  • Robert Taylor ... Paddy O'Neil
  • Darren Arsenault ... Malcolm Broderick
  • David Ferry ... Walt Roach
  • Bette MacDonald ... Nurse
  • Fannie Shore ... Mrs. Silver
  • Sander Zilbert ... Mr. Silver
  • Tom Rack ... Sol Silver
  • Joe MacPherson ... Rory McInnes
  • Kevin McKenzie ... Mr. Rankin
  • Iris Currie ... Mrs. Carrey
  • Francis MacNeil ... Terry O'Shea
  • Michael Egyes ... Basil Broderick
  • Mary McKinnon ... Aunt Coldwell
  • Stéphane Audran ... Blanche


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