Movie Info

In 1935, when it is more common for Irish families to leave their famine-stricken country for America, the impoverished McCourt family do the reverse....(read more...) Following the sudden death of her 7-week-old daughter, Angela and her unemployable, alcoholic husband, Malachy Sr. set sail from New York Harbour to Cork with their four children- Frank, Malachy Jr. and twins Eugene and Oliver- to return to the land which mystified young Frank had only heard of as 'where there was no work and people were dying of starvation and the damp.'

Director: Alan Parker

MPAA: R

Running Time: 2 hrs.

Release Date: Jan 01, 2000

Cast: Ciaran Owens, Emily Watson, Joe Breen, Liam Carney, Michael Legge, Pauline McLynn, Robert Carlyle, Ronnie Masterson, Shane Murray-Corcoran