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Joe Pilkington is a Actor born on 1 january 1940
Joe Pilkington (1940 – 7 July 1999) was an Irish actor, best known for his portrayal of Eamon Maher in the long-running TV series The Riordans. Father of actress Rachel Pilkington, Joseph Pilkington made a marked contribution to Irish arts and culture through roles played both on and offscreen. His acting roles in the late 1960s in the Abbey Theatre are listed.
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Birth 1 january 1940
Death 7 july 1999 (at 59 years)
Death 7 july 1999 (at 59 years)
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The Butcher Boy (1998)
, 1h50Directed by Neil Jordan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about virginity
Actors Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Seán McGinley, Ian Hart, Brendan Gleeson
Roles Charlie McGlone
Rating70%
The film is set Ireland in the early 1960s in the small town of Clones. Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens) is a 12-year-old boy whose imagination is fuelled by television - aliens, communists, the Atomic Age. When his mother (Aisling O'Sullivan) suffers a nervous breakdown and ultimately commits suicide, he is left in the care of his father (Stephen Rea), an emotionally distant and ill-tempered alcoholic. Francie spends most of his time with his best friend Joe Purcell (Alan Boyle) talking about "gangsters, cowboys and Indians, comic-book monsters and the early-1960s threat of nuclear annihilation." However, when Francie's growing conflict with another boy, Phillip Nugent (Andrew Fullerton), and his mother (Fiona Shaw) begins to go too far, he ends up at reform school. Here, he is molested by a priest (Milo O'Shea), and finds solace only in his fantasies about a foul-mouthed Virgin Mary (Sinéad O'Connor). He returns home to find Joe has outgrown him and befriended Phillip Nugent. Before long, his father has drunk himself to death. Faced with being left completely alone in the world, Francie loses his grip on reality and lashes out with uncontrollable brutality, which shocks his provincial hometown.
A Man of No Importance (1994)
, 1h39Directed by Suri Krishnamma
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, David Kelly, Tara Fitzgerald, Rufus Sewell
Roles Ernie Lally
Rating66%
Alfred Byrne is a closeted homosexual bus conductor in 1963 Dublin. His sister tries to find him a suitable woman, but his real passion is putting on amateur theater productions of Oscar Wilde plays. The film deals with his struggle, temptation, and friendships, and how they are affected by his homosexuality.
The Ballroom of Romance (1982)
, 1h5Directed by Pat O'Connor
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Brenda Fricker, John Kavanagh, Cyril Cusack, Mick Lally, Bríd Brennan, Joe Pilkington
Roles Tim Daly
Rating76%
Set in rural Ireland in the 1950s, Bridie has been attending the local dance hall for years in the hope of finding a good husband who can help work her family's farm. Now surrounded by younger prettier women at the dances, she comes to the realization that all the good men of her generation have emigrated or have been spoken for; and her only remaining hope for marriage is with the alcoholic and unreliable Bowser Egan.
Light Years Away (1981)
, 1h45Directed by Alain Tanner
Origin Suisse
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Trevor Howard, Bernice Stegers, Henri Virlogeux, Odile Schmitt, Joe Pilkington
Roles Thomas
Rating72%
Jonas est un jeune serveur de 25 ans qui travaille dans un bar en Irlande, il y rencontre Poliakov, un vieil homme étrange. Celui-ci lui laisse un livre. Peu de temps après Jonas quitte son travail et part rejoindre Poliakov qui vit dans un garage automobile à l'abandon. Jonas va se soumettre à une sorte de rite initiatique afin de découvrir le secret du vieil homme.