Angela's Ashes

Name: Angela's Ashes
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-12-25
Duration: 145 min
Rating: 7.308
Cast: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Michael Legge, Ciarán Owens

The hopes of a mother. The dreams of a father. The fate of a child.

Drama

Angela's Ashes(1999)

The hopes of a mother. The dreams of a father. The fate of a child.

Drama

7.3/ 10 (344 votes)

2h 25m

1999-12-25

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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.

Cast

Emily Watson

Angela McCourt

Robert Carlyle

Malachy McCourt

Joe Breen

Young Frank

Michael Legge

Older Frank

Ciarán Owens

Middle Frank

Ronnie Masterson

Grandma Sheehan

Pauline McLynn

Aunt Aggie

Liam Carney

Uncle Pa Keating

Eanna MacLiam

Uncle Pat

Shane Murray-Corcoran

Young Malachy

Devon Murray

Middle Malachy

Peter Halpin

Older Malachy

Keywords

emigrationirish-americanhungersocially deprived familyrainfaminealcoholismpovertybased on memoir or autobiographyirelandbrooklyn, new york cityalcoholic fatherdead childrenirish catholic1930slife in the slumsdrunkardchildren in needirishlimerickrainy setting