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Angela's Ashes

The hopes of a mother. The dreams of a father. The fate of a child.

1999 · R · 2h 25m

Directed by Alan Parker

7.3

TMDB audience score
366 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Emily Watson
    Angela McCourt

  • Robert Carlyle
    Malachy McCourt

  • Joe Breen
    Young Frank

  • Michael Legge
    Older Frank

  • Ciarán Owens
    Middle Frank

  • Ronnie Masterson
    Grandma Sheehan

  • Pauline McLynn
    Aunt Aggie

  • Liam Carney
    Uncle Pa Keating

  • Eanna MacLiam
    Uncle Pat

  • Shane Murray-Corcoran
    Young Malachy

  • Devon Murray
    Middle Malachy

  • Peter Halpin
    Older Malachy

  • Frank Laverty
    Young Paddy Clohessy

  • James Mahon
    Middle Paddy Clohessy

  • Laurence Kinlan
    Older Paddy Clohessy

  • Des McAleer
    Mr. Benson

  • Brendan McNamara
    Toby Mackey

  • Johnny Murphy
    Seamus