This Is My Father (DVD)

Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 1999 / Director: Paul Quinn / Actors: James Caan, Jacob Tierney ... / DVD released ... more

This Is My Father (DVD) ... 17 February, 2003 at Cinema Club / Features of the DVD: PAL

Newest Review: ... of Irish-Americans who constantly stream back to Ireland to "find their roots". However, I doubt if many would ... more

... return to the States with a story as dramatic and disturbing as that unearthed in this movie. Once in Ireland, Kieran and Jack end up in a bed and breakfast run by two settled gypsies, Seamus Kearney (hilariously played by Colm Meaney), and his fortune telling mother, played by Moira Deady, who reveals the fateful truth of Kieran's father. It is at this point that the film flashes back to 1930's Ireland. What follows is the d...more

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	This Is My Father [DVD] [1998] Release Date: 2003 - 02 - 17, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over, Last Update 25.12.2009 05:45	£ 17.91

This Is My Father [DVD] [1998]
Release Date: 2003 - 02 - 17, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over,

Last Update 25.12.2009 05:45

£ 17.91

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This Is My Father (DVD): A Tragic Irish Story (1058 words)
by - written on 04/12/02 (Very useful, 100 readings)
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This is my Father (1999) Although I'm not a regular follower of movies with a romantic tone, the 1999 production "This is my Father" is where I make an exception. It is essentially advertised as a tale of forbidden love, however, once properly analyzed you begin to realize that its far more than that. In an indirect yet perhaps subtly intentional way it is a criticism of the highly religious and extremely inward society of early 20th century Ireland. As I explain the movie further you'll begin to see what I mean. The film begins in present day Chicago following the mundane life of a middle-aged schoolteacher named Kieran Johnson ... Read the complete review

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