Divorcing Jack

Divorcing Jack

1998 · 110 min · ★ 5.9 · Comedy, Romance

He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as an independent state, Dan Starkey's life is about to change after he finds the young woman he has just made love to dead and his only ally is a nun

Directed by David Caffrey · Written by Colin Bateman

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