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Angela's Ashes is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alan Parker released in USA on 25 december 1999 with Emily Watson
Angela's Ashes (1999)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 december 1999
Length 2h25
Directed by Alan Parker
OriginUSA
Themes Films about children
Rating72%
Angela's Ashes is a 1999 Irish-American drama film based on the memoir of the same name by Frank McCourt. It was co-written and directed by Alan Parker, and starred Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge, the latter three playing the Young, Middle and Older Frank McCourt respectively.
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Angela's Ashes tells the story of Frank McCourt and his childhood after his family are forced to move from America back to Ireland because of financial difficulties and family problems derived from his father's alcoholism. The film chronicles young McCourt's life in Limerick, Ireland, during his childhood in the 1930s and 1940s, the difficulties that ensued, and finally Frank's way of earning enough money to return to the land of his dreams: America. Michael Legge was praised for his portrayal of the adolescent Frank. In particular, he was said to excel in his role as an innocent teenager growing up with typical coming of age rites involving sexuality, maturity and peer pressure in a Catholic Irish setting.Actors
Emily Watson
(Angela McCourt)
Robert Carlyle
(Malachy McCourt)
Michael Legge
(Older Frank)
Devon Murray
(Middle Malachy)
Kerry Condon
(Theresa)
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