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Orphans is a film of genre Drama directed by Peter Mullan released in USA on 31 december 1998 with Douglas Henshall
Orphans (1998)
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Add to a movie listOrphans is a 1998 Scottish black comedy film written and directed by Peter Mullan and starring Douglas Henshall, Gary Lewis and Rosemarie Stevenson.
This was the first full length film directed by Mullan, who later won a Best Actor award at Cannes for My Name is Joe, and who went on to direct The Magdalene Sisters and Neds. He has said that the film is not autobiographical, but that he wrote the film shortly after the death of his mother, and that each of the four main characters represent an element of what he was feeling at the time.
The film was funded by Channel 4 Films, the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund, and the Glasgow Film Fund.
The soundtrack includes music by Craig Armstrong, and Billy Connolly singing Mairi's Wedding and two songs he wrote for the film.
Synopsis
Three brothers and a sister meet in Glasgow to prepare for the funeral of their mother, Mrs Flynn. The night before the funeral there is a storm that tears the roof off the church. The film follows the siblings' four separate journeys through the night.Actors
Douglas Henshall
(Michael)
Gary Lewis
(Thomas)
Stephen McCole
(John)
Frank Gallagher
(Tanga)
Alex Norton
(Hanson)
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