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Acting
Joe Savino
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Braveheart · 1995Braveheart
★ 7.91995
MovieDramaHistory
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
The Crying Game · 1992The Crying Game
★ 6.81992
MovieCrimeDrama
Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.
A Man of No Importance · 1994A Man of No Importance
★ 6.21994
MovieComedyDrama
Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl". His passion is Oscar Wilde, his hobby is putting on amateur theatre productions in the local church hall. We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s.
The Hanging Gale · 1995The Hanging Gale
1995
MovieHistoryDrama
In this historical miniseries created for BBC Northern Ireland, four brothers struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine of the 1840s while facing persecution from an agent (Michael Kitchen) of their indifferent English landlord. Looking on in horror as their primary food source dwindles, the Phelan brothers (portrayed by real-life siblings Joe, Mark, Paul and Stephen McGann) are torn between nonviolent protest and bloody revolt.
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song · 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
★ 5.22000
MovieActionAdventure
Ireland's bloody 1916 Easter Uprising, the suffragette movement in England, a Zeppelin raid, and a meeting with a rising young British cabinet member named Winston Churchill become vivid vignettes in Indy's life. So too do his brief but impassioned romances with the sister of a clandestine Irish rebel, and with an English suffragette for whom the vote comes before love.
The Disappearance of Finbar · 1997The Disappearance of Finbar
★ 6.91997
MovieDrama
A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.
Roadside · 2008Roadside
2008
MovieDrama
Comerford's first digital short which evolved into an installation, is an audacious blur of ugliness and beauty. Drawing on found footage from personal archives, it outlines an encounter between a man and a woman in a stolen car.
The Spin · 2026The Spin
★ 6.02026
MovieComedyMusic
A struggling record store owner travels down south to Cork with his best friend in a bid to save his shop from closure.
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