Irlandiamo

As in literature, the cinema has often worked in Ireland is linked to its history (often tragic if we think of contemporary history) is the lifestyle and some stereotypes.

Here is a brief filmography recently that I have drawn from memory.

Title: Michael Collins
Year: 1996
Plot: In 1916, during the revolt known as the Easter Uprising, Irish revolutionaries surrendered after having opposed for six days, at the headquarters of items in Dublin, with the overwhelming military might of the British Army. Among the revolutionary leaders only to Eamon de Valera, a U.S. citizen, is spared the firing squad ..

Title: The Secret of Roan
Year: 1994
Synopsis: Fiona, the mother of an orphan, moves to his grandparents' house on the west coast of Ireland. From his bedroom window to see the island of Roan Inish, which comes from his family and to which are linked to some legends: Fiona's little brother, slipped into the sea with the cradle during transfer from the island, would still be alive, and inhabit the island. Fiona tries to convince the grandparents to return to the island of Roan.

Title: Angela's Ashes
Year: 1999
Synopsis: Frank McCourt, was born and raised in America, but his blood is Irish. The story of a family related by one of the protagonists, a journey through Ireland of the '30s. The misery and poverty seen with the spirit of a child, without hypocrisy or false truths.

Title: Bloody Sunday
Year: 2002
Synopsis: One of the deepest wounds of the conflict between Catholics and Irish: the day that marked three decades ago - the beginning of a long and painful civil war. A demonstration ended in blood, an army that defended the law of violence. The story of that day and the testimonies of the protagonists in a film not to forget the injustices of the past and to build tomorrow's justice.

Title: Ned Svelgiati
Year: 1998
Synopsis: Ned Devine is the lucky winner of first prize lottery, but soon after discovered the excitement dies. Some of his neighbors find him and try to incassre the prize in its place ..

Title: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Year: 2006
Synopsis: At the beginning of the twentieth century in Ireland, two brothers, Teddy and Danien along with their friend Dan, driven by their patriotism, enlist in the army to fight for the independence of their country.

Title: The Commitments
Year: 1991
Plot: Jimmy Rabitte be posted on journalism, can form a complex of soul music, to try to make a fortune. But there will be disappointments.

Title: In the name of the father
Year: 1993
Plot: Gerry Conlon and his father are arrested for an attack by the IRA (Northern Irish Independence Party) to a pub that has caused many casualties. Despite the evidence of their innocence are sentenced. Only 14 years after the process is reopened.

Title: The Boxers
Year: 1997
Plot: After spending fourteen years in prison as a member of the IRA, Danny back to Belfast where he finds the world of boxing and his ex-girlfriend who is married and has one child, but she still loves him.

Title: Dancing at Lughnasa
Year: 1998
Synopsis: Summer 1936. A Ballybeg, a small town in the county of Donegal in Ireland, the family lives Mundy, five unmarried sisters and a brother, Jack, a Catholic priest missionary in Africa. Then there's Michael, the teenage son of Christina, the youngest, who was not married, defying the strict moral environment. After twenty-five years in Africa, has announced the return of Jack, and the whole group goes to town to welcome him.

Title: Far and Away
Year: 1992
Synopsis: End of the last century. Joseph and Shannon, two young Irish people from different social classes, they share the same dreams. They decide to leave for America to find land to farm. Once in Boston, Joseph, is taken for some time to boxing, but eventually decided to leave for Oklahoma, where, after so many sacrifices will be able to realize their dreams.

Title: The Field
Year: 1990
Synopsis: A little masterpiece! A film that highlights the harshness of life of the Irish people after the Great Famine that struck the island in 1848, perhaps the best representation of rural life in the place ever made.

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