A Nightingale Falling (2014)

Directed by

Martina McGlynn, Garret Daly

Genre

drama film

Country

Ireland

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

M

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set during the Irish War of Independence, two sisters take in a wounded soldier. The film follows how this act of care affects their isolated lives.

somberrestrainedintimatehistoricaltensemelancholicquietly dramatic

What happens

A Nightingale Falling is a 2014 Irish film set during the Irish War of Independence based on the 2012 novel by PJ Curtis. Directed by Garret Daly and Martina McGlynn, and written by Daly, the film stars Tara Breathnach, Muireann Bird and Gerard McCarthy. The story concerns two sisters who care for a wounded soldier. The film was released in Irish cinemas in September 2014, and received its Irish television premiere on UTV Ireland on Easter Sunday, 5 April 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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