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Random Passage (2002)
Director: John N. Smith
Cast: Colm Meaney, Aoife McMahon, Deborah Pollitt, Daniel Payne
Runtime360 min
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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.
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Fans of gritty historical dramas will appreciate the award-winning miniseries 'Random Passage' (2002), directed by John N. Smith, for its vivid depiction of the hardships faced by Irish immigrant Mary Keane (played by Aoife McMahon) as she struggles to build a new life in remote 19th-century Newfoundland.
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Random Passage is a 1992 novel by Newfoundland author Bernice Morgan. It was published by Breakwater Books Ltd. of St. John's. It was followed by a sequel, Waiting for Time.
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