Movie
Angela's Ashes
Overview
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-12-25
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, David Brown Productions, Dirty Hands Productions, Scott Rudin Productions
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Emily Watson as Angela McCourt
- Robert Carlyle as Malachy McCourt
- Joe Breen as Young Frank
- Michael Legge as Older Frank
- Ciarán Owens as Middle Frank
- Ronnie Masterson as Grandma Sheehan
- Pauline McLynn as Aunt Aggie
- Liam Carney as Uncle Pa Keating
- Eanna MacLiam as Uncle Pat
- Shane Murray-Corcoran as Young Malachy
- Devon Murray as Middle Malachy
- Peter Halpin as Older Malachy
Crew
- Alan Parker - Director
- Laura Jones - Screenplay
- Alan Parker - Screenplay
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