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Angela's Ashes

Name: Angela's Ashes
Director: Alan Parker
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-12-25
Cast: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Michael Legge, Ciarán Owens

Drama

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.

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Cast

Emily WatsonRobert CarlyleJoe BreenMichael LeggeCiarán OwensRonnie MastersonPauline McLynnLiam CarneyEanna MacLiamShane Murray-CorcoranDevon MurrayPeter Halpin

Director

Alan Parker

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