Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)

Directed by

Pat O'Connor

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Five unmarried sisters live in a small Irish village in the 1930s. The story follows their daily lives and relationships as they face changes in their family and community.

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What happens

Dancing at Lughnasa is a 1998 Irish-British-American period drama film adapted from the 1990 Brian Friel play Dancing at Lughnasa, directed by Pat O'Connor. The film competed in the 1998 Venice Film Festival. It won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a Female Role by Brid Brennan. It was also nominated for six other awards, including the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Feature Film and the Best Actress Award for Meryl Streep. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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