A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should he become a priest? What should he do about the murder he witnessed, committed by a local cop and upstanding parishioner? And how far should he go with his girlfriend, who happens to be the murderer's daughter?
Acting
Baby Kiefer Sutherland carries the whole film.
Cinematography
Bleak Nova Scotia coastline as emotional prison.
Director
Daniel Petrie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
CA
