This award winning miniseries traces the difficult passage of young Mary Keane (Aoife McMahon) from servitude in Ireland to the squalor of rough-and-tumble Newfoundland in the early 1800s. Escaping attempted rape and abuse, Mary moves on with her infant daughter to find shelter at a remote fishing station run by Thomas Hutchings (Colm Meaney). In a time and place where life and death are a hair's breadth apart, Mary joins the community's struggle for survival against sickness and starvation. All of the Cape's people are fugitives of one kind or another, but by pulling together through hardships and tragedies, they forge a new life of hope - and even love.
Cast
Colm Meaney
Thomas Hutchings
Aoife McMahon
Mary 'Bundle' Keane
Deborah Pollitt
Lavinia Andrews
Daniel Payne
Ned Andrews
Brenda Devine
Jennie Andrews
Ruth Lawrence
Hazel Andrews
Darragh Kelly
Tim Toope
Mike Daly
Ben Andrews
Mary-Lynn Bernard
Sarah Vincent
Michelle Rex Bailey
Meg Andrews
Philip Dinn
Josh Vincent
Mary Walsh
Mrs. Armstrong
Andy Jones
Mr. Armstrong
Des Walsh
Captain Brennan
Andrew Younghusband
Matt Escott
Jessica Paré
Annie Vincent (Age 15)
Kevin Lewis
Ezra Vincent
Geraldine Hollett
Patience Andrews (Age 15)
Andrew Vokey
Joe Vincent (Age 18)
Michael Sapieha
Frank Norris
Céline Bonnier
Ida Norris
Jon Whalen
Angus Hounsell
Sarah Power
Fanny
Vincent Walsh
Uniformed Officer #2
Mary Murray
Hannah
Nicole Underhay
Emma Andrews
Mary Lewis
Mrs. Tim Toope
Charlotte Bradley
Mrs. Elsworth
Ryan Rajendra Black
Toma
Andre Noble
Isaac Andrews
Emma Lowe
Una
Brian de Salvo
Mr. Elsworth
Roger Maunder
Uniformed Officer #1
Don Foley
Male Resident #2
Brendan Costelloe
Cart Driver
Darcy Fitzpatrick
Clerk
Crew
John N. Smith
Director
Des Walsh
Writer
Jean-Pierre Cereghetti
Editor
Pierre Letarte
Director of Photography
John Buchanan
Executive Producer
Louis Laverdière
Executive Producer
Barbara Doran
Producer
Leslie Kelly
Producer
Lorraine Richard
Producer
Jennice Ripley
Producer
Jo Homewood
Line Producer
Muriel Lizé
Line Producer
Tristan Lynch
Line Producer
Stephen McKeon
Music
Bernice Morgan
Original Story