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The Bay of Love and Sorrows

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The Bay of Love and Sorrows
Directed byTim Southam
Written byDavid Adams Richards
Tim Southam
Produced byAnna Stratton
Gilles Bélanger
StarringPeter Outerbridge
Jonathan Scarfe
CinematographyEric Cayla
Edited byWiebke von Carolsfeld
Music byGaëtan Gravel
Serge LaForest
Production
company
Triptych Media
Distributed byOdeon Films
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Bay of Love and Sorrows is a 1998 novel by David Adams Richards. It was adapted into a film in 2002.

Plot

Set in rural New Brunswick, Canada in 1974, the novel's protagonist is Michael Skid, the privileged son of the town judge. After a falling out with his friend Tom Donnerel, Michael befriends Madonna and Silver Brassaurd, a brother and sister who draw him into the orbit of Everette Hutch, a charismatic and violent man who ultimately leads the three youths to commit murder.

Adaptations

The novel was adapted into a 2002 film starring Peter Outerbridge as Everette Hutch, Jonathan Scarfe as Michael Skid, Joanne Kelly as Madonna Brassaurd, Christopher Jacot as Silver Brassaurd, Torquil Campbell as Vincent Donnerel and Elaine Cassidy as Carrie Matchett.

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