Helen Norton

Angela's Ashes (1999)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalTear-jerker

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Emily Watson  •  Robert Carlyle  •  Joe Breen  •  Michael Legge

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Emily Watson  •  Robert Carlyle  •  Joe Breen  •  Michael Legge

How Harry Became a Tree (2002)

Set in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney (Colm Meany) sets out to ruin George O'Flaherty – the most powerful man in town, who not only owns the local pub and most of the businesses in the area, but is also the local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goran Paskaljević
CAST:  Colm Meaney  •  Adrian Dunbar  •  Cillian Murphy  •  Kerry Condon

Set in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney (Colm Meany) sets out to ruin George O'Flaherty – the most powerful man in town, who not only owns the local pub and most of the businesses in the area, but is also the local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goran Paskaljević
CAST:  Colm Meaney  •  Adrian Dunbar  •  Cillian Murphy  •  Kerry Condon

Cracks (2009)

Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jordan Scott
CAST:  Eva Green  •  Juno Temple  •  Imogen Poots  •  María Valverde

Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jordan Scott
CAST:  Eva Green  •  Juno Temple  •  Imogen Poots  •  María Valverde

The Cherry Orchard (2020)

Bringing together one of the world’s great classic plays with one of Ireland’s greatest writers, Druid present Tom Murphy’s version of Chekhov’s masterpiece The Cherry Orchard at Black Box Theatre, Galway and Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin. A play about land, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ross MacGibbon
CAST:  Derbhle Crotty  •  Ian Lloyd Anderson  •  Siobhán Cullen  •  Megan Cusack

Bringing together one of the world’s great classic plays with one of Ireland’s greatest writers, Druid present Tom Murphy’s version of Chekhov’s masterpiece The Cherry Orchard at Black Box Theatre, Galway and Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin. A play about land, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ross MacGibbon
CAST:  Derbhle Crotty  •  Ian Lloyd Anderson  •  Siobhán Cullen  •  Megan Cusack

Disenchanted (2022)

Disillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns to the magic of Andalasia for help. Accidentally transforming the entire town into a real-life fairy tale ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Shankman
CAST:  Amy Adams  •  James Marsden  •  Patrick Dempsey  •  Idina Menzel

Disillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns to the magic of Andalasia for help. Accidentally transforming the entire town into a real-life fairy tale ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Shankman
CAST:  Amy Adams  •  James Marsden  •  Patrick Dempsey  •  Idina Menzel

Messaggi quasi segreti (1996)

A wealthy young Italian man is sent to Ireland to learn English, only to fall in love with the daughter of the host family he is staying with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valerio Jalongo
CAST:  Giulio Di Mauro  •  Niamh O'Byrne  •  Brendan Gleeson  •  Ivano Marescotti

A wealthy young Italian man is sent to Ireland to learn English, only to fall in love with the daughter of the host family he is staying with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valerio Jalongo
CAST:  Giulio Di Mauro  •  Niamh O'Byrne  •  Brendan Gleeson  •  Ivano Marescotti