The Bay Boy (1984)
- Directed by
- Daniel Petrie
- Genre
- drama film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- France, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A teenage boy grows up in a small mining town during the Great Depression. He navigates family tensions and his own coming of age in a close-knit but struggling community.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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