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Director
Pat O'Connor
Credits
Producer: Noel Pearson. Writers: Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness
Principal Cast
Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Darrle Johnstone, Gerard McSorley, Kathy Burke
Category
FeatureLiterature
Brian Friel’s enormously popular play about life in 1930s Ireland, the winner of a host of awards when first produced, is here transformed by director Pat O’Connor into a richly textured feature film. At its heart is a family of five sisters – headed up by schoolteacher Kate (Meryl Streep) – struggling to maintain a household that includes unmarried mother Christina (Catherina McCormack) and her son Michael (Darrell Johnston). Their battle to stave off destitution, however, is radically changed by the appearance of two extraordinary individuals: their brother Father Jack (Michael Gambon), returned from a mission in Africa, and Gerry (Rhys Ifans), the father of Christina’s child. Both men offer the sisters different challenges and prospects, with hard choices to be made as money and opportunities dwindle away in this finely-performed portrayal of women searching for vitality amidst stifling conditions.
95 minutes, Ireland/USA/UK, 1998, Colour
BLUE MOON 18.45
BUGONIA 13.00 (35mm)
DIE MY LOVE 15.30
EAFFI DISCOVERIES: THE BOTANIST 18.20
HORSESHOE 20.55
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 16.30, 20.30
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE 13.45
PILLION 16.00, 18.00
SUNSET BOULEVARD (75th ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE) 13.40
THE SHINING (45th ANNIVERSARY) 20.20
WILD STRAWBERRIES: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY 11.00
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