Film

Angela's Ashes

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

7.3

2h 25m

1999

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

Synopsis

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

Trailer

Drama

emigrationirish-americanhungersocially deprived familyrainfaminealcoholismpovertybased on memoir or autobiographyirelandbrooklyn, new york cityalcoholic father