Underplayed Gems

This Other Eden (1959)

This Other Eden poster
Directed by
Muriel Box
Genre
drama film
Country
Ireland
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An Englishman moves to a small Irish town to start a new life, but the suspicious locals blame him when a statue honoring a war hero is destroyed. The story unfolds with a mix of humor and mild tension as the newcomer tries to win over the community.

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What happens

This Other Eden is a 1959 Irish comedy drama film directed by Muriel Box and starring Audrey Dalton, Leslie Phillips and Niall MacGinnis. It was written by Blanaid Irvine and Patrick Kirwan adapted from the play of the same title by Louis D'Alton, first performed at Dublin's Queen's Theatre in June 1953 by the Abbey players. The film's prologue involves the death of an Irish commandant during the Irish War of Independence, who is shot by the Black and Tans. The film then skips forward a few decades, to the unveiling of a statue commemorating the war hero. When an Englishman arrives to settle in Ireland, the locals distrust him and soon blame him for the statue's destruction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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