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Ascendancy

Ascendancy

★ 4,7 /10 (11 Votes)
1983 EN 92 min

Overview

Ascendancy is a 1983 British film. It tells the story of a woman who is a member of the British landowning 'Ascendancy' in Ireland during World War I. Gradually, she learns about the Irish independence movement, and becomes involved with it.

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Release date

01/01/1983

Votes

11

Popularity

1.5

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

92 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2026-09-25

⭐ 6

I usually make it a rule never to comment on domestic Irish politics - I think it's usually best to leave that to those who live on that particular Emerald Isle but given that, even I felt this drama rather over-simplified the problems facing the population after the Great War had raged on the continent. This story is told through the increasingly troubled eyes of "Connie" (Julie Covington) - a member of the landed gentry - and focusses on the embryonic but burgeoning independence movement. The war has taken it's toll on not just the local - loyalist - population, but also on the British Empir…

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