The hopes of a mother. The dreams of a father. The fate of a child.
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.
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Writers
- Laura Jones, Alan Parker
Themes1930salcoholic fatheralcoholismbased on memoir or autobiographybrooklyn, new york city
