Product Information
The life and times of the Mundy family, who live in Donegal in the 1930s. Their close-knit existence is threatened by the arrival of Welshman Garry Evans who is travelling to Spain to fight for Franco.Product Identifiers
ProducerNoel Pearson
EAN6867449001791
eBay Product ID (ePID)66990190
Product Key Features
ActorLorcan Cranitch, Rhys Ifans, Meryl Streep, Brid Brennan, Catherine Mccormack, Michael Gambon, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson
Film/TV TitleDancing at Lughnasa
DirectorPat O'connor
Release Year2008
GenreDrama, Period
Run Time91 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Number of Discs1
ComposerBill Whelan
Art DirectorTerry Pritchard
Costume DesignerJoan Bergin
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Director of PhotographyKenneth MacMillan
Consumer AdviceInfrequent mild bad language
CastingMary Selway
Production DesignerMark Geraghty
Additional InformationA 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.
ReviewsDaily Mail - Poignant and tear-jerking, Sight and Sound - ...[Streep is] remarkable..., New York Times - ...[Streep acts] with supreme, heartbreaking economy and without a trace of showiness....A soaringly scenic film..., Box Office - ...[McCormack] gives a supple performance that touches on the hidden eroticism of the material..., Empire - A small but gleaming gem, Rolling Stone - ...Extraordinary....A luminous cast reveals long-buried feelings...
ScreenwriterFrank McGuinness
AuthorBrian Friel
EditorHumphrey Dixon
Movie/TV TitleDancing At Lughnasa