- 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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