

“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.

“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
Budget
50.0M
Revenue
13.0M
Status
Released
Production
Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, David Brown Productions, Dirty Hands Productions, Scott Rudin Productions