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This Is My Father
''This Is My Father'' is a 1998 film directed by Paul Quinn. 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 * Aidan Quinn as Kieran O'Dea * James Caan as Kieran Johnson * Moya Farrelly as Fiona Flynn * Jacob Tier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Clermont
Nicolas Clermont (born 1 January 1942 in Neuilly) was a French film producer. He died on 11 April 2001 in Montreal. He was noted for his involvement in the Canadian film industry. Filmography * Reckless and In Love, (1983) * Eternal Evil, (executive, 1985) * Toby McTeague, (1986) * Wild Thing, (1987) * Bethune: The Making of a Hero, (1990) * The Sound and the Silence, (executive, 1991) * A Christmas Story at the Vatican, (1991) * Armen and Bullik, (1993) * Bride of Violence 2, (1993) * The Lifeforce Experiment, (1994) * A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, (1995) * Young Ivanhoe, (1995) * Rainbow, (1996) * Hollow Point, (1996) * Silent Trigger, (1996) * Natural Enemy, (1996) * Twists of Terror, (1997) * The Peacekeeper, (1997) * Monument Ave., (1998) * Highlander: The Series, (1993-1998) * This Is My Father, (1998) * Free Money, (1998) * Eye of the Beholder, (1999) * The Art of War, (2000) * The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, (2000) * The Caveman's Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classism
Class discrimination, also known as classism, is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class. It includes individual attitudes, behaviors, systems of policies and practices that are set up to benefit the upper class at the expense of the lower class. Social class refers to the grouping of individuals in a hierarchy based on wealth, income, education, occupation, and social network. History Class structures existed in a simplified form in pre-agricultural societies, but it has evolved into a more complex and established structure following the establishment of permanent agriculture-based civilizations with a food surplus. Classism started to be practiced around the 18th century. Segregation into classes was accomplished through observable traits (such as race or profession) that were accorded varying status and privileges. Feudal classification systems might include merchant, serf, peasant, warrior, priestly, and noble classes. Rankings were far from invariant wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Romantic Drama Films
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Romantic Drama Films
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Films
The year 1998 in film involved many significant films, including '' Shakespeare in Love'' (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), '' Saving Private Ryan'','' Armageddon'' (which was the top grossing film of the year in the United States), '' American History X'', '' The Truman Show'', ''Primary Colors'', '' ''Rushmore'''', ''Rush Hour'', '' There's Something About Mary'', '' The Big Lebowski'', and Terrence Malick's directorial return in '' The Thin Red Line''. DreamWorks SKG released its first two animated films: '' Antz'' and ''The Prince of Egypt''. The ''Pokémon'' theatrical film series started with '' Pokémon: The First Movie''. Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary. The year saw two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids, '' Armageddon'' and ''Deep Impact'', becoming box office success, with ''Armageddon'' becoming the more popular of the two. It was also the highest grossing film of 1998 worldwide. Highest-grossing films The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Neil Steinberg of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' said Ebert "was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic," and Kenneth Turan of the ''Los Angeles Times'' called him "the best-known film critic in America." Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing voice and critical views informed by values of populism and humanism. Writing in a prose style intended to be entertaining and direct, he made sophisticated cinematic and analytical ideas more accessible to non-specialist audiences. While a populist, Ebert frequently endorsed foreign and independent films he believed would be appreciated by mainstream viewers, which often resulted in such film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Glascott
Fiona Glascott (born 22 November 1982) is an Irish actress. She is best known for portraying a young Minerva McGonagall in the ''Fantastic Beasts'' franchise, a spin-off of the ''Harry Potter'' film series. Early life Glascott was born in Waterford, Ireland and grew up in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. Career Theater On stage in London she has appeared in ''Mahler's Conversion'' (Aldwych Theatre, West End), ''Hitchcock Blonde'' (Royal Court and Lyric Theatre, West End), in the original production of ''Whipping It Up'' at the Bush Theatre and as Margery Pinchwife in ''The Country Wife'' (Haymarket, West End). Her theatre credits in Dublin include: ''A Life'' (Abbey Theatre/National Tour), ''The Spirit of Annie Ross'' at the Gate Theatre and as Nina in ''The Seagull'' at the Corn Exchange. Television Her television credits include ''Ballykissangel'', ''Fair City'', ''The Bill'', ''Bachelors Walk'', ''Foyle's War'' and '' Clone''. In 2010, she was a guest star in the final tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kavanagh (actor)
John Kavanagh (born 1946) is an Irish actor who has acted on the stage, in over twenty films including ''Cal'' (1984), ''Braveheart'' (1995) and ''Alexander'' (2004), and on television. Most recently, he is known for his portrayal of The Seer in the History Channel series ''Vikings''. He has received a number of accolades, including a Drama Desk Award nomination in 1989 for his role in a revival of '' Juno and the Paycock''. Education Kavanagh attended the Brendan Smyth Academy since he was 19 and then trained at the Abbey Theatre. In 1967, he joined the company and stayed with them for 10 years before becoming freelancer. Career Kavanagh began his career with the Irish comedy '' Paddy'' (1970), where he played the small role of Willie Egan. That same year, he played another small role in the World War II film ''The McKenzie Break'' (1970), about a P.O.W. camp in Scotland whose prisoners are preparing an escape. A singer as well as an actor, Kavanagh played the lead in the Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eamon Morrissey (actor)
Eamon Morrissey (born 25 January 1943) is an Irish actor, best known for his comic performances on stage and television. He currently plays Cass Cassidy in ''Fair City''. Early life An only child, Morrissey was born in Dublin and grew up in the suburb of Ranelagh. His parents encouraged his early interest in stage performance and he won several medals for his recitations at the Feis Ceoil."Eamon Morrissey: the Brother and the Dama", ''The Irish Times''. 19 December 1987. While still in his teens and a pupil at Synge Street CBS, Morrissey worked part-time as a stage manager in various Dublin theatres. He left school before sitting the Leaving Certificate in order to try his hand at acting in London."'A pint of plain' is not his only man", ''The Irish Times''. 18 February 1987. After spending several years there doing odd jobs, he was chosen for the part of Ned, the emigrant, in the 1964 world première of Brian Friel's ''Philadelphia, Here I Come!''."EAMON MORRISSEY", ''The Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Shortt
Patrick Shortt (born 12 December 1967) is an Irish actor, comedian, writer and entertainer. His role in the 2007 film ''Garage'' led to him receiving the IFTA for Best Actor. Career Shortt toured alongside Jon Kenny as comedy duo D'Unbelievables. They released "One Hell of a Video", "D'Unbelievables", "D'Video" (a live random sketch show), "D'Telly" (featuring Shortt and Kenny playing various characters – primarily two brothers who run a shop together), "D'Mother" (in which Kenny's character oversaw the running of a public house alongside his "mother" – who was later revealed to be his father, in a role played by Shortt) and "D'collection". One character played by Shortt was Dan Clancy, known for telling "his stories". The pair were highly successful in Ireland, selling out the Vicar Street venue for 14 weeks. The duo stopped touring in 2000 after Kenny was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish actor and film director. He is the recipient of three IFTA Awards, two British Independent Film Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and four times for a Golden Globe Award. In 2020, he was listed at number 18 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. He is the father of actors Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson. He is best known for his performance as Alastor Moody in the ''Harry Potter'' films (2005–2010). He is also known for his supporting roles in films such as '' Braveheart'' (1995), ''Michael Collins'' (1996)'', 28 Days Later'' (2002), ''Gangs of New York'' (2002), ''Cold Mountain'' (2003), ''Troy'' (2004), ''Suffragette'' (2015), ''Paddington 2'' (2017), ''The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'' (2018), and ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'' (2021). He is also known for his leading roles in films such as ''The General'' (1998), ''In Bruges'' (2008), ''The Guar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moira Deady
Moira Deady, Mrs Hoey (13 March 1922 – 15 November 2010) was an Irish actress. She starred as Mary Riordan, "the quintessential Irish mammy", in ''The Riordans'' from 1965 until the show was cancelled in 1979. She later appeared as Nellie Connors in '' Glenroe''. She played Mrs Coffey in ''The Irish R.M.'' She had roles in such films as ''This Is My Father'' and ''Angela's Ashes'' (as the grandmother. Raised in Cork City, County Cork, she later resided in Greystones, County Wicklow. She began acting by traveling around Ireland as part of fit-ups (traveling theatre troupes). She was a member of Equity Players in 1946, who toured a programme of Abbey Theatre and other famous plays. In 1954, she married fellow ''The Riordans'' actor John "Johnny" Hoey (who played "Francie Maher"). John Hoey died on 10 August 1978, aged 69. The couple had four children, Kevin, Mary, Bernadette, and Brenda. Fans often thought she was married in real life to actor John Cowley who played "Tom R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
