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The Divine Ryans (1999)

The Divine Ryans poster
Directed by
Stephen Reynolds
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy grows up in a Newfoundland family that runs a funeral home. He navigates his quirky relatives and the routines of death and daily life.

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What happens

The Divine Ryans is a 1999 Canadian film directed by Stephen Reynolds, written by Wayne Johnston as an adaptation of his novel, and starring Robert Joy and Pete Postlethwaite. The film tells the story of the Ryan family, who run a funeral parlour in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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