A Love Divided (1999)

Regisseur:

Sydney Macartney

Drehbuchautoren:

Deirdre Dowling (writer)
Gerry Gregg (writer)

Premierendatum:

14. Mai 1999 (Ireland)

Genre:

Biographie | Romanze

Plot:

The true story of a Catholic man and his Protestant wife, and the events resulting in the Co. Wexford...

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Priest | Catholic | Catholic Priest | Husband Wife Relationship

Filmpreise:

4 wins & 5 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

At last a wider audience can see this wonderful film

Besetzung

Orla Brady	...	Sheila Kelly Cloney
Liam Cunningham	...	Sean Cloney
Sarah Bolger	...	Eileen Cloney
Nicole Bohan	...	Mary Cloney
Brian McGrath	...	Fred Kelly
Ali White	...	Dorothy Kelly
Peter Caffrey	...	Andy Bailey
Tony Doyle	...	Father Stafford
Jim Norton	...	Reverend Fischer
Joe Gallagher	...	Alec Auld
Doreen Keogh	...	Lucy Knipe
Rynagh O'Grady	...	Minnie Kennedy
Ger Ryan	...	Anna Walsh
Garrett Keogh	...	Jimmy Kennedy
Peter Gowen	...	Patrick Peely

Alternativ:

Wild Horses (UK) (working title)

Länge:

USA:98 Min

Produktionsland:

UK | Ireland

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Stereo

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:M | USA:Unrated

Drehorte:

Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland

Firma:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

At last a wider audience can see this wonderful film

I thought that this picture had vanished from sight when it got an unexpected but fairly wide release in Northern Ireland. I am glad that a much bigger audience can now see it as it is a very honest and thought provoking look at the power held by the church in rural Ireland in the 1950.s, a period with which I can identify.Although it includes a who's who of the Irish acting fraternity, they all put in some magnificent performances. The picture is a study in control, and how the controller will respond if anyone dares to challenge their authority.Liam Cunningham is very believable as the Catholic husband torn between the love for his Protestant wife ( Orla Brady ) and the demands placed on him by the parish priest for his two girls to be brought up as Catholics. Based on a true and well publicised incident in Co.Wexford, forces us to confront the bigotry which blind faith can lead us all to.I recommend this picture to anyone who is out there, go and see it.