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Director: Kevin Liddy
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From Time Out Film Guide
A well told if conventional tale of rural bigotry, narrow horizons and pointless feuds, this steady, painstaking movie centres on a a farmer's household in Co. Down - belt-wielding father Frank (Cave, first rate), resentful son Con (Lydon) and young Jack (Pritchard) - into which comes emotional/dramatic catalyst Miriam (Harrow, struggling with the accent). The villain is Mike Clifford, a hater of wide-ranging appetite, and an agent of corruption/destruction with regard to the innocence and hopes of the entire Murphy family. Writer/director Liddy favours gently heightened imagery (rather overdoing the rhapsodic barley-field landscapes) and seems unashamed of his allegiance to the Ladybird Book of Cinematic Symbolism. But his trust in the impact of patiently rendered universal emotions more than pays off.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Kevin Liddy
Producer: Jack Armstrong
Cast: Lisa Harrow, Des Cave, Gary Lydon, Marcella Plunkett, Pat Laffan, Laurence Kinlan, Dean Pritchard full cast
Duration: 92 mins
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