This Is My Father
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{{Infobox film
|name = This Is My Father
|image = Cover This is my father.jpg
|director = Paul Quinn
|producer = Nicolas Clermont
Philip King
|screenplay = Paul Quinn
|starring = {{plainlist|
- Aidan Quinn
- James Caan
- Stephen Rea
- John Cusack
- Jacob Tierney
- Colm Meaney
- Donal Donnelly
- Moya Farrelly}}
|music = Donal Lunny
|cinematography = Declan Quinn
|editing = Glenn Berman
|studio = Filmline International
Hummingbrid Communications
|distributor = Sony Pictures Classics (US)
|released = {{Film date|1998|6|14|Seattle International Film Festival|1999|5|7|United States}}
|runtime = 119 minutes
|country = Canada
Ireland
|language = English
|gross = $1,078,737{{cite web|title=This Is My Father|publisher=IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120865/business|accessdate=17 June 2019}}
}}
This Is My Father is a 1998 Canadian-Irish film directed by Paul Quinn.
Plot
The film portrays a tragic love story set in late 1930s Ireland, focusing on the relationship between Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly), a beautiful, feisty seventeen-year-old from a middle-class family, and Kieran O'Dea (Aidan Quinn), a shy labourer in his early thirties, and the search decades later by their son, Kieran Johnson, (James Caan) to find his roots in late 1990s Ireland.
The film is told as an interweaving of the nineties setting, where Kieran is hearing the story of his parents, and the events of the 1930s. Kieran Johnson grew into adulthood unaware of his parents' story or of the tragic events that caused his mother to leave Ireland on her own while pregnant.
The story highlights the issues of prejudice, classism, alcoholism and social and religious conservatism in rural 1930s Ireland.
Cast
Main cast
- Aidan Quinn as Kieran O'Dea
- James Caan as Kieran Johnson
- Moya Farrelly as Fiona Flynn
- Jacob Tierney as Jack
- Gina Moxley as Widow Flynn
Supporting Cast
- Colm Meaney as Seamus (Bed and Breakfast Owner)
- Moira Deady as Mrs. Kearney
- John Cusack as Eddie Sharp (Pilot)
- Brendan Gleeson as Garda Jim
- Pat Shortt as Garda Ben
- Maria McDermottroe as Mrs. Maney
- Donal Donnelly as John Maney
- Eamon Morrissey as Father Mooney
- Stephen Rea as Mission Priest
- John Kavanagh as Liam Finneran
- Karen Ardiff as Young Mrs. Kearney
- Sheila Flitton as Mrs. Madigan
- Pauline Hutton as Maria
- Fiona Glascott as Nuala
Reception
Roger Ebert given the film 3 out of 4 stars and compared it to his own visit to Ireland in 1967.{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/this-is-my-father-1999|author=Roger Ebert|title=This Is My Father|accessdate=17 June 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0120865}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|this_is_my_father}}
Category:Canadian romantic drama films
Category:Irish romantic drama films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:1998 romantic drama films
Category:1990s English-language films
Category:English-language romantic drama films
Category:Sony Pictures Classics films
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