Angela's Ashes

1999 | 145 minutes | 7.3 ★ (309)

Angela's Ashes
  • Overview

    An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.

  • Release Date

    25 December 1999

  • DirectingAlan Parker
  • Budget

    $50,000,000.00

  • Revenue

    $13,042,112.00

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