Waking Ned (1998)

Directed by

Kirk Jones

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States, Ireland

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 346 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two elderly friends in a small Irish village discover that the lottery winner is their neighbor who has just died. They then try to convince the whole village to help them pretend he is still alive to claim the prize.

lightheartedwhimsicalwarmcharmingplayfulcozymildly suspensefulfeel-good

What happens

Waking Ned (titled Waking Ned Devine in North America) is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kirk Jones and starring Ian Bannen, David Kelly, and Fionnula Flanagan. Kelly was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as Michael O'Sullivan. The story is set in Ireland but was filmed in the nearby Isle of Man. It was distributed in North America and United Kingdom by Fox Searchlight Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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