Young Triffie's Been Made Away With (2006)

Director:

Mary Walsh

Writers:

Ray Guy (play)
Christian Murray (writer)

Release Date:

6 April 2007 (Canada)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Crime has never be so much fun!

Plot Keywords:

Child Pornography | Child Nudity | Motorcycle | Male Nudity | Newfoundland

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Fred Ewanuick	...	Ranger Alan Hepditch
Mary Walsh	...	Millie Bishop
Rémy Girard	...	Dr. Percy Melrose
Andrea Martin	...	Mrs. Grace Melrose
David Francis	...	Old Man Washbourne
Andy Jones	...	Pastor Wilfred Pottle
Colin Mochrie	...	Sgt. Bill O'Mara
Cathy Jones	...	Aunt Ducky Piercy
Jonny Harris	...	Billy Head
Doug Ballet	...	Uncle Oral Head
Rick Boland	...	Uncle Calvin
John Paul Ryan	...	Uncle Charlie
Frank Schorpion	...	Major Whalberg
Susan Kent	...	Mrs. Head
Marthe Bernard	...	Young Triffie

Also Known As:

Drôle d'enquête pour jeune inspecteur (Canada: French title)
Young Triffie (Canada: English title) (new title)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:14A (Alberta)

Filming Locations:

Port Rexton, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Company:

Cinémaginaire Inc.

Trivia:

The movie is based on a play director Mary Walsh commissioned Ray Guy to write in 1985. Mary Walsh also directed the stage version before directing the movie.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Part of the movie takes place in Whitbourne, Newfoundland. Whenever they showed Whitbourne, with the name under it, it was a typical Newfoundland out-port community, complete with wharf and a view of the ocean. However, Whitbourne is known as Newfoundland's first inland community. The only body of water around Whitbourne is a small pond.

Brilliant Canadian (albeit rather black) Comedy

I had the pleasure of first seeing Young Triffie at the 2006 Vancouver International Film Festival... and then again on the Film Channel via satellite .

Set in Swyer's Harbour, Newfoundland in 1948, this comic tale is based on the play, Young Triffie's Been Made Away With by Ray Guy, who co-wrote the film's screenplay. The story begins when Andrew Hepditch, played by Fred Ewanuick, a young, officious, by-the-book Newfoundland Ranger, is dispatched by his Commanding Officer out to the isolated outport to investigate a common sheep-shagging/mutilation. Hepditch also finds himself face and eyes into the death of a young girl and way over his head in the mysterious workings of outport village life in Newfoundland. Mary Walsh (who also produced & directed) is brilliant as Millie Bishop, the post mistress, telephone operator, and the nosy village gossip. From beginning to end, the laughter never lets up in this comic murder mystery. The script is clever... listen carefully; there are some good bits throughout.

My only regret about this film is that it didn't seem to released to the theatres as was planned in the Spring of 2007. Good Canadian fare that should have a wider audience. I hope it will be released on DVD with plenty of extras. I will put it in my collection in a heartbeat.

At the film festival, the theatre was packed full. Everyone, as far as I could tell, liked it very much. On that basis, I find some of the reviews here, quite disappointing. One man's meat is another man's poison, I guess.