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Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) — Ligoscope

Dancing at Lughnasa

Film · 1998

Dancing at Lughnasa

96 min · Directed by Pat O'Connor · PG

6.054
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Five sisters embrace the spirit of a people.

Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.

Cast

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Kate Mundy

Catherine McCormack

Catherine McCormack

Christina 'Chrissy' Mundy

Brid Brennan

Brid Brennan

Agnes 'Aggie' Mundy

Kathy Burke

Kathy Burke

Margaret 'Maggie' Mundy

Sophie Thompson

Sophie Thompson

Rose 'Rosie' Mundy

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

Father Jack Mundy

Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans

Gerry Evans

Lorcan Cranitch

Lorcan Cranitch

Danny Bradley

Darrell Johnston

Michael 'Mike' Mundy

John Kavanagh

John Kavanagh

Father Carlin

Marie Mullen

Marie Mullen

Vera McLoughlin

Dawn Bradfield

Dawn Bradfield

Sophie McLoughlin

Peter Gowen

Peter Gowen

Austin Morgan

Kate O'Toole

Kate O'Toole

Chemist

Gerard McSorley

Gerard McSorley

Narration

Crew

Director: Pat O'Connor
Producer: Jane Barclay, Noel Pearson, Sharon Harel-Cohen, Rod Stoneman
Writer: Frank McGuinness
Casting: Mary Selway
Editor: Humphrey Dixon
Cinematography: Kenneth MacMillan
Production Design: Mark Geraghty
Art Direction: Clodagh Conroy, Conor Devlin
Composer: Bill Whelan
Sound: Dean Humphreys
Costume: Joan Bergin
Makeup: Sharon Doyle, J. Roy Helland, Jennifer Hegarty

Details

Studios: Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, Film4 Productions
Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English
Certification: PG
Release: September 4, 1998

Themes

sibling relationshipnarrationdementiabased on play or musicalsisterslice of liferural areamotorcycleirelandcatholic priestspinsters1930s

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