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Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In Ireland in the 1960s, four women were sent to the Magdalene sisterhood asylum because of 'sinful' behavior. They all had to work in the laundry, where the strict nuns would break everyone's wills through sadistic punishment. Based on a true story.
2) Philomena
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Language
English
Formats
Description
Judi Dench stars in the story of Philomena Lee, mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock and given up for adoption. Nearly 50 years later, Philomena meets Martin Sixsmith, a former BBC reporter looking for his next big story. Together, they embark on a journey to locate her long lost son. As the pieces of the puzzle come together, the unlikely travel companions form a comic and heartwarming friendship. Based on the 2009 investigative book by Martin...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The sons of the Phelan family - two farmers, a schoolteacher, and a priest - are torn between nonviolent protest and bloody revolt during the Irish potato famine of the 1840s. Real-life brothers Joe, Mark, Paul, and Stephen McGann star as the Phelans.
7) Millions
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
The United Kingdom decides to convert to the Euro in seven days. For the Irish criminal world, it's the biggest opportunity as there ever was. When a railway heist goes wrong and an enormous bag of money falls from the sky into the hands of Damian and Anthony, there's only one thing the two can do, spend it like there's no tomorrow. But Damian and Anthony have differing views on what to do with the money. What they both discover is that money can...
Publisher
IFC in Theaters
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
In 1975, 17-year-old Alistair Little, a member of the UVF, murdered 19-year-old Catholic Jim Griffin. The murder was witnessed by his 11-year-old brother, Joe Griffin. Twenty-five years later the media arranges for the two men to meet again.
10) The guard
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Two cops... one an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other a straitlaced FBI agent, must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang.
11) The field
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
The field is a plot of land in rural Ireland, rented and tended by an old man. When the owner sells the land to an American developer the old man decides to fight the change, regardless of the cost.
14) The bride's play
Publisher
Undercrank Productions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
None
Description
Set in Ireland, Aileen is a young innocent lass who is enamored of the legends and tales of that land. Upon entering adulthood after growing up in a convent, she becomes enamored with a nobleman, but then falls for a romantic poet. After learning of the poet's hidden life, Aileen instead embraces her nobleman and agrees to marry him. In their lavish wedding ceremony she re-enacts the legendary 'Bride's Play', in which the bride asks a line of men...
18) Borstal boy
Author
Publisher
S. French
Pub. Date
c1971.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen year-old Irish activist, Brendan Behan, confronts inner conflicts when imprisoned in England during World War II.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012].
Language
English
Description
Transferred from Dublin to his hometown on Ireland's windswept coast, Sergeant Jack Driscoll faces challenges he never expected: winning the villagers' respect, escaping the shadow of his father and predecessor, solving baffling crimes, and exposing dirty secrets.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
An English magistrate in 1900s West Ireland attempts to befriend and bestow order on his eccentric community. Living in a ramshackle country house, Major Yeates strives to gain acceptance while at the same time fulfilling his mission to uphold the law.
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