Angela's Ashes

Name: Angela's Ashes
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-12-25
Duration: 2 h 25 min
Cast: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Michael Legge

1999 · 2h 25m · Drama · Ireland, United Kingdom · Rated R (US)

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

Written by

Laura Jones, Alan Parker

Based on the novel by

Frank McCourt

Starring

Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Michael Legge

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1930salcoholic fatheralcoholismbased on memoir or autobiographybrooklyn, new york citychildren in needdead childrendrunkardemigrationfaminehungerirelandirishirish-americanirish catholiclife in the slumslimerickpovertyrainrainy settingsocially deprived family

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