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Love and Savagery (2009)

Love and Savagery poster
Original title
Love & Savagery
Directed by
John N. Smith
Genre
drama film
Country
Ireland, Canada
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A geologist from Newfoundland travels to a small Irish village to study limestone. He starts a relationship with a local orphan who is about to become a nun, causing scandal in the tight-knit community.

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What happens

Love and Savagery is a Canadian-Irish drama film directed by John N. Smith and released in 2009. The film stars Allan Hawco as Michael, a geologist from Newfoundland and Labrador who travels to Ballyvaughan, Ireland to study limestone, and causes a scandal when he enters a romantic relationship with Cathleen (Sarah Greene), an orphan girl from the village who is about to enter the convent as a Roman Catholic nun. The film's cast also includes Martha Burns, Nicholas Campbell, Andy Jones, Louise Nicol, Mack Furlong and Sean Panting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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