Young Triffie the movie, directed by Mary Walsh, is a dark comedy written by Ray Guy

Ray Guy (humorist)

Ray Guy is a Newfoundland journalist and humourist, best known for his satirical newspaper and magazine columns.Ray Guy was born in Come By Chance, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, on 22 April 1939, to George Hynes and Alice Louise Guy, but was raised and schooled in Arnold's Cove , the community that...

, a Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

 essayist, based on his own play entitled Young Triffie's Been Made Away With (1985).

It was produced by Denise Robert

Denise Robert

Denise Robert is a Canadian film producer, co-founder and President of Cinémaginaire with Daniel Louis. She is currently married to Denys Arcand and she has produced many of his films. Robert has won many awards, including four Genie Awards. She was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture...

 and Daniel Louis

Daniel Louis

Daniel Louis is a Canadian film producer. He is co-founder, with Denise Robert, of Cinémaginaire....

 and featured a cast including Andrea Martin

Andrea Martin

Andrea Louise Martin is an American and Canadian actress and comedienne. She has appeared in films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding, on stage in productions such as My Favorite Year, Fiddler on the Roof and Candide, and in the television series, SCTV.-Personal life:Martin, the oldest of three...

, Jonny Harris, Colin Mochrie

Colin Mochrie

Colin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.-Early life:...

 and Remy Girard

Rémy Girard

Rémy Girard is a Canadian actor and former television host from Quebec.-Acting career:He played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film Les Invasions barbares by director Denys Arcand. This film was awarded the 2003 Academy Award for best...

, with lead actor Fred Ewanuick

Fred Ewanuick

Fred Ewanuick is a Canadian actor of Ukrainian and Italian heritage, known for his role in the television series Corner Gas as Hank Yarbo. He was also a regular in a CTV anthology series, Robson Arms.-Early life:...

 of Corner Gas

Corner Gas

Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....

fame.

Set in 1947, before Newfoundland joined Confederation

Canadian Confederation

Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed on July 1, 1867. On that day, three British colonies were formed into four Canadian provinces...

, the film is about a clumsy and unpopular Newfoundland Ranger

Newfoundland Rangers

The Newfoundland Ranger Force is a defunct police force of the pre-confederation Dominion of Newfoundland, which provided law enforcement and other government services to outports. It existed from 1935 to 1950, at which point it was merged into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...

 (Alan Hepditch, played by Fred Ewanuick) who is sent to investigate a case of sexually assaulted and mutilated sheep in fictional outport

Newfoundland outport

An outport is the term given for a small isolated coastal community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Originally the term was just used for coastal communities on the island of Newfoundland but the term has also been adopted for those on the mainland area of Labrador as...

Swyer's Harbour.