Drama ·Romance · Canada · 1984 · 1h 47m

The Bay Boy

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Director
Daniel Petrie
Cast
Liv Ullmann as Jenny Campbell Kiefer Sutherland as Donald Campbell Peter Donat as Will Campbell Alan Scarfe as Sergeant Tom Coldwell Mathieu Carrière as Father Chaisson Chris Wiggins as Chief Charlie McInnes
Crew
Claude Agostini — Director of Photography Susan Shanks — Editor Claude Bolling — Original Music Composer Daniel Petrie — Writer John Kemeny — Producer Denis Héroux — Producer
Synopsis

A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should he become a priest? What should he do about the murder he witnessed, committed by a local cop and upstanding parishioner? And how far should he go with his girlfriend, who happens to be the murderer's daughter?

Mood & Themes
nova scotia, canadacoming of age1930scape breton
Key Collaborators
Daniel Petrie Director Claude Agostini Director of Photography Susan Shanks Editor Claude Bolling Original Music Composer Daniel Petrie Writer John Kemeny Producer Denis Héroux Producer Wolf Kroeger Production Design Renée April Costume Design
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