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25/12/1999 Drama 2h 25m
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The hopes of a mother. The dreams of a father. The fate of a child.

Overview

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.

  1. Alan Parker

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Emily Watson

    Angela McCourt

  2. Robert Carlyle

    Malachy McCourt

  3. Joe Breen

    Young Frank

  4. Michael Legge

    Older Frank

  5. Ciarán Owens

    Middle Frank

  6. Ronnie Masterson

    Grandma Sheehan

  7. Pauline McLynn

    Aunt Aggie

  8. Liam Carney

    Uncle Pa Keating

  9. Eanna MacLiam

    Uncle Pat

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$50,000,000.00

Revenue
$13,042,112.00

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