Angela's Ashes

(1999)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 361 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1999

Runtime: 145 мин

Country: Ireland, United Kingdom

Director: Алан Паркер

Cast: Эмили Уотсон, Роберт Карлайл, Joe Breen, Michael Legge, Киран Оуэнс, Ronnie Masterson, Полин Маклин, Лиам Карни, Eanna MacLiam, Shane Murray-Corcoran

Plot

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.

Based on the best-selling autobiography by Irish expatriate 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 in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the I.R.A., and when he does find money, he spends it on drink.