This Is My Father
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| Directed by | Paul Quinn |
| Produced by | Nicolas Clermont Philip King |
| Screenplay by | Paul Quinn |
| Starring | Aidan Quinn James Caan |
| Music by | Donal Lunny |
| Cinematography | Declan Quinn |
| Edited by | Glenn Berman |
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Filmline International
Hummingbrid Communications |
| Distributed by | Sony Picture Classics (USA) |
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Running time
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119 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,078,737[1] |
This Is My Father is a 1998 Irish-American film directed by Paul Quinn. It tells the story of an Irish couple from the '30s and their son trying to find his roots.
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Plot
The film portrays a tragic love story set in late 1930s Ireland, focusing on the relationship between Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly), a beautiful, feisty seventeen-year-old from a middle-class family, and Kieran O'Dea (Aidan Quinn), a shy labourer in his early thirties, and the search decades later by their son, Kieran Johnson, (James Caan) to find his roots in late 1990s Ireland.
The film is told as an interweaving of the nineties setting, where Kieran is hearing the story of his parents, and the events of the 1930s. Kieran Johnson grew into adulthood unaware of his parents' story or of the tragic events that caused his mother to leave Ireland on her own while pregnant.
The story highlights the issues of prejudice, classism, alcoholism and social and religious conservatism in rural 1930s Ireland.
Cast
Main cast
- Kieran O'Dea - Aidan Quinn
- Kieran Johnson - James Caan
- Fiona Flynn - Moya Farrelly
- Jack - Jacob Tierney
- Widow Flynn - Gina Moxley
Supporting cast
- Seamus (Bed and Breakfast Owner) - Colm Meaney
- Mrs. Kearney - Moira Deady
- Eddie Sharp (Pilot) - John Cusack
- Garda Jim - Brendan Gleeson
- Garda Ben - Pat Shortt
- Mrs. Maney - Maria McDermottroe
- John Maney - Donal Donnelly
- Father Mooney - Eamon Morrissey
- Mission Priest - Stephen Rea
- Liam Finneran - John Kavanagh
- Young Mrs. Kearney - Karen Ardiff
- Mrs. Madigan - Sheila Flitton
- Maria - Pauline Hutton
- Nuala - Fiona Glascott
References
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