Angela's Ashes (1999)

12/25/1999 (IE) • 2h 25m

Drama

The hopes of a mother. The dreams of a father. The fate of a child.

Overview

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.

Top Billed Cast

Emily Watson

Angela McCourt

Robert Carlyle

Malachy McCourt

Joe Breen

Young Frank

Michael Legge

Older Frank

Ciarán Owens

Middle Frank

Ronnie Masterson

Grandma Sheehan

Pauline McLynn

Aunt Aggie

Liam Carney

Uncle Pa Keating

Eanna MacLiam

Uncle Pat


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$50,000,000.00

Revenue

$13,042,112.00

Keywords

emigration

irish-american

hunger

socially deprived family

rain

famine

alcoholism

poverty

based on memoir or autobiography

ireland

brooklyn, new york city

alcoholic father

dead children

irish catholic

1930s

life in the slums

drunkard

children in need

irish

limerick

rainy setting

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