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Random Passage
Starring: Colm Meaney , Aoife McMahon
Directed by: John N. Smith
Produced by: Barbara Doran , Leslie Kelly
Written by: Bernice Morgan , Des Walsh
Book a trans-Atlantic journey with Mary Keane (Aoife McMahon, Doctors, Bad Girls), an Irish indentured servant, attempting to start a new life in rugged and unforgiving Newfoundland in the early 1800s.
Item Number: 14787
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 6 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 2
Book a trans-Atlantic journey with Mary Keane (Aoife McMahon, Doctors, Bad Girls), an Irish indentured servant, attempting to start a new life in rugged and unforgiving Newfoundland in the early 1800s. Mary and her infant daughter take refuge at a remote fishing station filled with a motley bunch of locals, misfits and neer do wells. This compelling story of one woman's struggle against enormous odds to carve out a life in the New World "seethes with raw personal drama" (The Globe and Mail). Based on the best-selling novels Random Passage and Waiting for Time by Bernice Morgan.
| Thomas Hutchings | --- | Colm Meaney |
| Mary ‘Bundle’ Keane | --- | Aoife McMahon |
| Lavinia Andrews | --- | Deborah Pollitt |
| Ned Andrews | --- | Daniel Payne |
| Jennie Andrews | --- | Brenda Devine |
| Hazel Andrews | --- | Ruth Lawrence |
| Tim Toope | --- | Darragh Kelly |
| Ben Andrews | --- | Mike Daly |
| Sarah Vincent | --- | Mary-Lynn Bernard |
| Meg Andrews | --- | Michelle Rex |
| Josh Vincent | --- | Philip Dinn |
| Mrs. Armstrong | --- | Mary Walsh |
| Mr. Armstrong | --- | Andy Jones |
| Captain Brennan | --- | Des Walsh |
| Matt Escott | --- | Andrew Younghusband |
| Annie Vincent (Age 15) | --- | Jessica Pare |
| Ezra Vincent | --- | Kevin Lewis |
| Patience Andrews (Age 15) | --- | Geraldine Hollett |
| Joe Vincent (Age 18) | --- | Andrew Vokey |
| Frank Norris | --- | Michael Sapieha |
| Ida Norris | --- | Celine Bonnier |
| Angus Hounsell | --- | John Whalen |
Written by Bernice Morgan, Des Walsh
Directed by John N. Smith
Produced by Barbara Doran, Leslie Kelly, Tristan Lynch, Lorraine Richard, Jennice Ripley
Executive Produced by Louis Laverdiere
Original Music by Stephen McKeon
Cinematography by Jean-Pierre Cereghetti
Costume Design by Michele Hamel
"...it seethes with raw personal drama." - The Globe and Mail
