
The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian drama film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression. It features the screen debut of Kiefer Sutherland as the film's central character, alongside Liv Ullmann as his character's mother.
Plot
In 1937, Donald Campbell (Kiefer Sutherland) is a sensitive 16-year-old boy coming of age in a dark and uncertain time for both his community and life. His mother (Liv Ullmann) wants him to continue his education after high school and become a priest, but Donald is more interested in girls than prayerbooks. After an unsuccessful attempt by a visiting priest to molest him, followed by losing his virginity to a local girl, Donald politely informs his mother (without revealing why) that he is not going to be a priest.
More details
author | Daniel Petrie |
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contentLocation | Nova Scotia |
director | Daniel Petrie |
genre | drama |
keywords | arrest attempted murder bootleg mining bootleg pit chief of police child abuse coming of age disabled follow help kill leah pinsent lose older brother police sergeant shoot |
musicBy | Claude Bolling |
producer | Denis Héroux John Kemeny |
publisher | Cineplex Odeon Films Orion Classics |
recordedAt | Nova Scotia |
theme | biographical high school |