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Director:
Gillies MacKinnon
Writers:
Shane Connaughton (writer)
Kerry Crabbe (writer)
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Release Date:
22 April 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
The discreet charm of the past. more (5 total)

Cast

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Albert Finney ... Constable Brendan Hegarty

Aidan Quinn ... Tom Casey

Robin Wright Penn ... Tara Maguire (as Robin Wright)
Milo O'Shea ... Freddie
Alan Devlin ... Malone
Niamh Cusack ... Brigid Maguire
Ian McElhinney ... Joe Cassidy
Stella McCusker ... Rachel
Niall Buggy ... Denzil
Anna Livia Ryan ... Vonnie
Adrian Dunbar ... Mick
Lorcan Cranitch ... Ryan / John Joe
Aine Ni Mhuiri ... Mrs. Smith the Blind Lady
Doreen Hepburn ... Nualla Ryan
Kilian McKenna ... Sean
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Runtime:
117 min | Argentina:109 min | Spain:108 min
Country:
USA | UK | Ireland
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Spain:T | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Redhills Village, County Cavan, Ireland
Company:
Green Umbrella Ltd. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Annette Bening was originally going to play Tara but had to drop out because she was pregnant. more
Movie Connections:
Features The Westerner (1940) more

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3 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
The discreet charm of the past., 14 December 2003
Author: dbdumonteil

This is a fine depiction of a small Irish village,in a green country where a woman has a baby whereas she's not married.And however she could,because,at the beginning of the movie,she had two men longing for her.But,and it's the only modern touch in a rather obsolete movie,she wants a man she really loves and she does not care about the piece of advice the well-meaning and the priests are always giving to her.Albert Finney has got a thankless part as the rather ugly cop, even if he's just a jealous guy.Robin Wright is a good lead.That said,it's not what you call full throttle ,and some people might think that the tempo is really slow.

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