The Bay of Love and Sorrows, image,

95 minutes – Drama
Release date: November 1, 2002
DVD release date: August 26, 2003
Canadian Distributor: Odeon Films

Set in the late summer of 1973, The Bay of Love and Sorrows, adapted from the novel by David Adams Richards, tells the story of the son of a well-to-do judge, who returns home after years of travelling to settle near the Miramichi River in New Brunswick. Played by Jonathan Scarfe, Michael Skid is a charming rich boy who sets out to spread the gospel of communal ideals, something he has learned and adopted as his own while in India. He moves into a dilapidated farmhouse with his camera and begins documenting the area’s less fortunate people. Micheal’s new ideas are well received by the tough and beautiful Madonna, played by Joanne Kelly, her younger brother Silver and the innocent Carrie, daughter of the gas station owner, who is engaged to a conservative farmer, Tom Donnerel, who is less than positive and so humiliates Michael. Embarrassed, and seeking acceptance, Michael befriends an ex-con, Everette Hatch, masterfully played by Peter Outerbridge, who sees an opportunity and exploits Michael’s ideas to his own advantage. Through his naivete, Michael pulls down an entire community of struggling, rural characters who cannot “run to Daddy” when Everette turns violent after a botched drug deal. Shot in Cocagne, New Brunswick, south of the Miramachi, The Bay of Love and Sorrows is a desperate and bleak story set against a stunningly beautiful landscape.

Also see: Then as Now, Now as Then: Tim Southam’s The Bay of Love and Sorrows

Crew:

Producer:

Gilles Bélanger
Anna Stratton

Executive Producer:

Bryan Gliserman
Marguerite Pigott

Co-Producer:

Francis Bourque

Director:

Tim Southam

Screenwriter:

David Adams Richards
Tim Southam

Cinematographer:

Eric Cayla

Editor:

Wiebke von Carolsfeld

Composer:

Gaëtan Gravel
Serge LaForest

Production Designer:

Rob Gray

Art Director:

Iain Reynolds
Paryse Normandeau (Set Decoration)

Costume Designer:

Chris J. O’Neil

Cast: Roles:

Peter Outerbridge
Jonathan Scarfe
Joanne Kelly
Christopher Jacot
Elaine Cassidy
Zachary Bennett
Torquil Campbell
Rhonda McLean
Marshall Button
Jenn McCaw
Mathieu Richard
Darrell Mesheau
Odette Larocque
Steven Morgan
Yves Turbide

Everette Hatch
Michael Skid
Madonna Brassaurd
Silver Brassaurd
Carrie Matchett
Tom Donnerel
Vincent Donnerel
Dora Matchett
Emmett Matchett
Gail Hatch
Brian Hatch
Constable Delano
Constable Odette
Veterinarian
Coast Guard Officer