The hopes of a mother. The dreams of a father. The fate of a child.
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
- Harm to children
- Addiction
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Emily WatsonAngela McCourt
- Robert CarlyleMalachy McCourt
- Joe BreenYoung Frank
- Michael LeggeOlder Frank
- Ciarán OwensMiddle Frank
- Ronnie MastersonGrandma Sheehan
- Pauline McLynnAunt Aggie
- Liam CarneyUncle Pa Keating
- Eanna MacLiamUncle Pat
- Shane Murray-CorcoranYoung Malachy
Crew
- Alan ParkerDirector
- Laura JonesScreenplay
- Alan ParkerScreenplay
- Frank McCourtNovel
- Michael SeresinDirector of Photography
- Chris ConnierDirector of Photography
- John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Gerry HamblingEditor
- David BrownProducer
- Alan ParkerProducer
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