The Playboys (1992)

Directed by

Gillies MacKinnon

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States, Ireland

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1950s rural Ireland, an unwed mother lives with her strict family. When a traveling theater troupe arrives in her village, their presence starts to change her life.

gentleromanticbittersweetleisurelywarmsmall-townpoignantatmospheric

What happens

The Playboys is a 1992 Irish film directed by Gillies MacKinnon and starring Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn and Robin Wright. The plot follows an unwed young mother whose life is transformed with the arrival of a travelling troupe of actors to her Irish village. The script was written by Shane Connaughton, an Oscar nominee for My Left Foot. The film was shot in his native village Redhills, in County Cavan, Ireland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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