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Da

Da

6,9 /10 (12 Votes)
1988 EN 102 min

Overview

A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father. While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories both pleasant and not.

Release date

29/04/1988

Votes

12

Popularity

1.3

It's never too late to open your heart.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

102 min

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SPDonlan

2024-07-20

'It was a long time before I realuzed that love turned upside down is love for all that.' Adapted by Leonard from his memory play, tapping into his own accomplished memoirs, the film covers a childhood and early career before and after Ireland’s ‘Emergency’. The script’s strong, a nuanced look at an adolescent’s and expat’s shifting feelings about home and the past. Its conceits translate well, too: Charlie faces both his late father and his younger self, disappointed by his past, present, and future. The characters and cast are grand, especially Hughes (who won a Tony for the stage role). …

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