Bayo

"There's a time for talkin'...and there's a time for doin'...and there's a time for leaving!"

1985 1h 39m EN

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 3

Drama

Synopsis

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Sharon and her ten year old son Bayo live in Tickle Cove on the shores of Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland like generations of their family have before them. Sharon hates her life there. She dreams of moving to Toronto - where her now deceased mother was from - to eke out a better life for her and Bayo. She even leaves her big black packed trunk in the middle of the foyer as a symbolic gesture that that move will soon be happening. She equally hates her fisher father, Phillip Longlan, for subjecting her and her mother to life there. Phillip, who spends most of his time on a commercial fishing boat, only provides Sharon enough money to survive but not to achieve that dream of leaving. Bayo, however, doesn't want to leave, especially leave his grandfather behind. He wants to live and die by the sea, much like his deceased father, who he never knew.

“There's a time for talkin'...and there's a time for doin'...and there's a time for leaving!”

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Cast

Ed McNamara
Phillip Longlan
Patricia Phillips
Sharon
Stephen McGrath
Bayo
Jane Dingle
Mrs Merrill

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mort Ransen
Writers: Mort Ransen, Terry Ryan, Arnie Gelbart
Languages: English

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $1.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mort Ransen, shot by Georges Dufaux. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Ed McNamara and Patricia Phillips and Stephen McGrath carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "There's a time for talkin'...and there's a time for doin'...and there's a time for leaving!".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0088778 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mort Ransen directs. Georges Dufaux behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
241 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Mort Ransen, shot by Georges Dufaux. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Ed McNamara and Patricia Phillips and Stephen McGrath carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "There's a time for talkin'...and there's a time for doin'...and there's a time for leaving!".
7IMDB entry: tt0088778 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.