Credited cast: | |||
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Barbara Adair | ... | Peggy |
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Sarah Ahearne | ... | Small Girl |
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Brendan Conroy | ... | Billy |
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Sheila Cox | ... | Legion of Mary Woman 2 |
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Derbhle Crotty | ... | Julia McSweeney (as Derbhla Crotty) |
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Alan Curran | ... | Verger |
Seán Doyle | ... | Jumper | |
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Gail Fitzpatrick | ... | Sally |
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John Galvin | ... | Priest |
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Noel Gaskin | ... | Fr Keenan |
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Stephen Gillic | ... | Young Daniel |
Trystan Gravelle | ... | Tim Lynch | |
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David Herlihy | ... | Emmet Quinn |
Tom Hickey | ... | Bishop Hegarty | |
Amy Huberman | ... | Eileen |
A small town cinema in rural Ireland becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle between faith and passion, Rome and Hollywood and a man and his conscience.
I took my Mum to see this film, never imagining I would enjoy it as much as I did.
Martin Sheen is commendable as the world weary Fr. Daniel Barry - a man living with the legacy of a vocation thrust upon him as a young boy by ambitious parents. The film offers a snapshot of life in claustrophobic, rural 1950's Ireland, with overlaying themes of longing, control and unfulfilled desires - set against the backdrop of an oppressive status quo.
Recommended - but don't expect to emerge from the cinema bellowing with laughter.