A Quiet Day in Belfast

original title:
A Quiet Day in Belfast
other titles:
(Belfast)
country / year of production:
Canada / 1974
original length:
91 min. , color
premiere:
Canada: 17 May 1974
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Dalrymple, Adrew: Theaterstück/play: A Quiet Day in Belfast, 1974.
director:
Milad Bessada
film script:
Andrew Dalrymple , Jack Gray
producer:
Milad Bessada
cinematographer:
Harry Makin
editor:
Simon Dew
composer:
Greg Adams , Eric N. Robertson
cast (role):
Margot Kidder (Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery) , Sean McCann (Peter O'Lurgon) , Sean Mulcahy (Mike Mahoney) , Barry Foster (John Slattery) , Emmet Bergin (Jack Jameson) , Margot Kidder , Sean McCann , Emmet Bergin , Barry Foster , Sean Mulcahy
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plot synopsis:
A young Northern Irish woman is about to marry an English soldier, which causes incomprehension and the rise of hatred. Her twin sister on the other hand is a loyal Catholic and also against the Brits. What follows is a wave of violence with victims on both sides.
keywords:
family on both sides of the front , women during wartime , occupation , massacre
war:
Conflict in Northern Ireland (1969-1998)
literature:
Jörg Güßefeldt: Die räumliche Dimension des nordirischen Konflikts in Belfast. Göttingen: Goltze, 2002. ISBN: 3-88452-109-8
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