Love and Savagery

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| director = John N. Smith

| producer = Barbara Doran
Kevin Tierney
Lynne Wilson

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| screenplay = Des Walsh

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| starring = Allan Hawco
Sarah Greene
Martha Burns
Nicholas Campbell

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| music = Bertrand Chénier

| cinematography = Pierre Letarte

| editing = Michel Arcand

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| country = Canada
Ireland

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Love and Savagery is a Canadian-Irish drama film directed by John N. Smith and released in 2009.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2009/11/13/love_and_savagery_looks_good_but_goes_nowhere.html "Love and Savagery: Looks good but goes nowhere"]. Toronto Star, November 13, 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.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/love-and-savagery/article792641/ "Boy meets girl, but God, Science and Art get in the way"]. The Globe and Mail, November 12, 2009. The film's cast also includes Martha Burns, Nicholas Campbell, Andy Jones, Louise Nicol, Mack Furlong and Sean Panting.