Movie
Dancing at Lughnasa
Overview
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
Details
- Release date
- 1998-09-04
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, Film4 Productions
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Meryl Streep as Kate Mundy
- Catherine McCormack as Christina 'Chrissy' Mundy
- Brid Brennan as Agnes 'Aggie' Mundy
- Kathy Burke as Margaret 'Maggie' Mundy
- Sophie Thompson as Rose 'Rosie' Mundy
- Michael Gambon as Father Jack Mundy
- Rhys Ifans as Gerry Evans
- Lorcan Cranitch as Danny Bradley
- Darrell Johnston as Michael 'Mike' Mundy
- John Kavanagh as Father Carlin
- Marie Mullen as Vera McLoughlin
- Dawn Bradfield as Sophie McLoughlin
Crew
- Pat O'Connor - Director
- Frank McGuinness - Screenplay
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