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.
Directed byAlan Parker
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- December 25, 1999
- Budget
- $50,000,000
- Revenue
- $13,042,112
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Cast & crew
Emily Watson
Angela McCourt
Robert Carlyle
Malachy McCourt
Joe Breen
Young Frank
Michael Legge
Older Frank
Ciarán Owens
Middle Frank
Ronnie Masterson
Grandma Sheehan
Pauline McLynn
Aunt Aggie
Liam Carney
Uncle Pa Keating
Eanna MacLiam
Uncle Pat
Shane Murray-Corcoran
Young Malachy
- Directed by
- Alan Parker
- Written by
- Laura JonesAlan Parker
- Produced by
- David Brown
Alan Parker
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