Angela's Ashes
1999, Film, 145 min, Biography, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 71
The hopes of a mother. The dreams of a father. The fate of a child.
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.
Directed by Alan Parker
Cast
- Emily Watson as Angela McCourt
- Robert Carlyle as Malachy - Dad
- Joe Breen as Young Frank
- Ciaran Owens as Middle Frank
- Michael Legge as Older Frank
- Ronnie Masterson as Grandma Sheehan
- Pauline McLynn as Aunt Aggie
- Liam Carney as Uncle Pa Keating
- Eanna MacLiam as Uncle Pat
- Andrew Bennett as Narrator
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