The Bay Boy (1984)

Synopsis of The Bay Boy

Kiefer Sutherland won a Genie Award for his performance in Bay Boy. In 1937 Nova Scotia, Donald Campbell (Sutherland) lives with his dirt-poor parents (Liv Ullmann and Peter Donat). His folks hope that Donald will enter the priesthood, but he isn't keen on this. For one thing, he harbors "unnatural" feelings towards a nun; for another, one of the local priests has made sexual advances towards him. Donald prefers to spend his time with pretty sisters Saxon and Dianna (Leah Pinsent and Jane McKinnon) -- but even this becomes untenable when the boy witnesses a homicidal hate crime committed by the girls' father, police constable Tom Coldwell (Alan Scarfe). It is in this intolerable atmosphere that Donald finally comes of age, which is the point to which the film is leading. Weighed down with an unnecessarily complex script, Kiefer Sutherland comes off quite well in Bay Boy; the other performers -- even the estimable Liv Ullmann -- tend to be one-note stereotypes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Director(s):

Daniel Petrie

Writer(s):

Daniel Petrie

Producer(s):

John Kemeny, Denis Heroux

• 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Supporting Actor
• 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Costume Design
• 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Art Direction
• 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Screenplay
• 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Sound Editing
• 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Picture
• 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Actor
• 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Sound Editing

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