A teenage boy living in a Cape Breton coal mining community during the 1930's finds himself contemplating life and is haunted by a murder he witnessed in town.
A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should be 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 girl friend, who happens to be the murderer's daughter?
A teenage girl's father forces her to pull down her pants so he can spank her with his belt.
A priest tries to hit on a boy when they have to share a room during the night.
Ejaculation and "coming" is mentioned.
Saxon is known through the town for sleeping around with a number of guys.
Kissing is seen.
Saxon has sex with Donald but they are under a blanket and for the most part this scene is off-screen.
violence
A girl is violently whipped by her father's belt.
A police officer murders two people and Donald witnesses it.
Several petty fights between the schoolboys.
A police officer attempts to "accidentally" shoot Donald, but he misses.
Coldwell attempts to strangle Donald on the train tracks.
profanity
Several instances of childish swearing and immature sex jokes/sex phrases, nothing too serious.
alcohol
It's a Cape Breton film, so nearly EVERYBODY smokes at one point or another during the film.
Beer is present in several scenes.
No street drugs are seen.
frightening
The murder scene is off-screen but still very intense and disturbing.
A young boy with a serious illness runs outside during a thunderstorm, catches pneumonia and dies, this sceneis incredibly sad, intense and disturbing.
Saxon's spanking is incredibly violent.
