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Dancing At Lughnasa
1998
A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men - the boy's long-lost father, who is off to Spain to fight the war against Franco, and an elderly uncle who has "come home to die" after a .. Read more
| Starring | Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Brid Brennan |
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| Director | Pat O'Connor |
| Genres | Drama |
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Dancing At Lughnasa
A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men - the boy's long-lost father, who is off to Spain to fight the war against Franco, and an elderly uncle who has "come home to die" after a lifetime in America. Although life goes on as before for the boy and five sisters, something will happen that will destroy their peaceful existence as they once knew it.
| Starring | Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Brid Brennan, Sophie Thompson, Rhys Ifans, Lorcan Cranitch, Meryl Streep |
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| Director | Pat O'Connor |
| Studio | CHANNEL 4 |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | Discover Ireland |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: None |
| Released | Production year: 1998 To Rent: DVD: 25 Aug 2008 |
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Donegal, 1936. The Mundy sisters - five of them, none married - welcome home their brother Jack, a missionary (Gambon).... read more on Time Out
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A bit too gentle for its own good
This splendidly acted piece of period Irish whimsy is certainly watchable (and beautifully filmed) but rather uninvolving. Not a lot happens which is a shame ... read more »
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Undemanding but enjoyable
Watched this a long time ago: I remember it as atmospheric and quite visual: I rented it prior to a play reading and as far as I remember it was pretty true to ... read more »
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Streep Dance - more chequebook than Chekhov
Having last watched La Streep in John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt it was interesting to see the application of those looks and that voice to Eireann, with the ... read more »
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Where were all the Irish actors?!
This film had a fairly good story, although it was a tad depressing at the end. It was quite gentle and lovely to look at, but what really let it down was the ... read more »
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A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men - the boy's long-lost father, who is off to Spain to fight the war against Franco, and an elderly uncle who has "...
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