Cinema
Bayo
Mort Ransen · 1985
Synopsis
Tickle Cove, a small fishing port on Bonavista Bay, in Newfoundland. Bayo, ten, lives with his mother, Sharon, who wants to leave for Toronto, where her own mother came from. Sharon's father, Phillip Longlan, a renowned fisherman, comes ashore after a life spent at sea and gives his daughter only enough to live on. Bayo, for his part, wants to stay by the sea: nourished on the old man's stories, he dreams of rowing across the Atlantic to Portugal.
Context
The film is based on Lightly, a novel by Chipman Hall. It was co-produced by a private company, Jape Film Services, the federal film agency and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, with the support of Telefilm Canada, on a budget of about 1.9 million dollars. Stephen McGrath plays Bayo, Patricia Phillips his mother and Ed McNamara the grandfather. The music is by Loreena McKennitt.
Who it is for
Ninety-nine minutes, in English; a family chronicle seen at a child's height, on the Atlantic coast.
Prizes and reception
It was first released in a few cinemas in Newfoundland, then broadcast on television; Ed McNamara was nominated for the Genie Award for best actor.
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