Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)

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Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1998-11-13
Director: Pat O’Connor
Writers: Brian Friel , Frank McGuinness , William Butler Yeats
Language: English
Stars: Meryl Streep , Michael Gambon , Gerard McSorley , Catherine McCormack , Kathy Burke , Sophie Thompson , Brid Brennan , Rhys Ifans , Darrell Johnston , Lorcan Cranitch
Runtime: 95 min
Awards: 2 wins & 7 nominations
AKA: Танцы во время Луназы (Russian Federation) , Dancing at Lughnasa (United States of America) , Dans under høstmånen (Denmark) , Bailando entre sueños (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Ballando a Lughnasa (Italy) , Elonkorjuujuhla (Finland) , Χορεύοντας στη Λουνάσα (Greece) , Danser à Lughnasa (Canada) , El Ball d'agost (Spain) , Augustidansen (Sweden) , Les moissons d'Irlande (France, French Republic) , Sensommerdansen (Norway) , Pogánytánc (Hungary) , Lõikuspeo tantsud (Estonia) , A Dança das Paixões (Brazil) , Dancing at Lughnasa (United Kingdom) , El baile de agosto (Spain) , Dancing at Lughnasa (Australia) , Магията на танца (Bulgaria) , Dançando em Lughnasa (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Dans under höstmånen (Sweden) , Dancing at Lughnasa , Taniec ulotnych marzeń (Poland) , Bailando entre sueños (Argentina) , Dansând la Lughnasa (Romania) , Tanz in die Freiheit (Germany) , O Baile de Agosto (Brazil) , Rokdim B'Lughnasa (Israel) , Dancing at Lughnasa (Ireland)
Plot: A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930s Ireland. Five women different in temperament and capability from one another form a firm emotional support system for one another (reluctantly at times), with the eldest assuming the role of "somewhat meddling" overseer. Into this comes their elderly brother, a priest too senile to perform his clerical functions who has "come home to die" after a lifetime in Africa. Then the boy's father rides up on a motorcycle--to announce that he's on his way to Spain to fight against Franco. Although undeniably affected by the presence of the two men, the sisters continue to cope as a close-knit unit until something happens that disrupts the fabric of that cohesiveness beyond repair.
IMDB:tt0120643