Random Passage

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

John N. Smith

Writers

Des Walsh, Bernice Morgan

Language

English

Country

Canada, Ireland

Release date

27 January 2002

Budget

$15,000,000

Ensemble

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