DVD
A love divided
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Letterboxed version.
Performers
Liam Cunningham, Orla Brady, Tony Doyle, Peter Caffrey, John Kavanagh, Brian McGrath, Jim Norton, Ali White, Garrett Keogh, Ian McElhinney, Rynagh O'Grady, Ger Ryan.
Publication Information
New York, NY : New Yorker Video, c2002.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Based on a true incident in County Wexford, Ireland, this film tells how one family's problem in dealing with a religious decision swept up first a town - and then a country. Sean Cloney, a Catholic, marries Sheila, a Protestant. In order to marry in the Catholic church in Ireland, Sheila signs the required pledge that she will raise any children from the marriage as Catholics. She honors this pledge for a long time as her little girls part to go to Mass with their father on Sundays while she goes to services with her father and sister. However, she draws the line when the local parish priest, Father Stafford, insists that her oldest daughter go to the Catholic school without any regard for the idea that the parents have the right to make this decision. When Sheila flees with her two young daughters to Scotland, Sean is forced to decide where his loyalties lie - with Sheila or the Church.
Notes
DVD format.
Videodisc release of the 1999 motion picture.
Not rated.
Special features include: Original theatrical trailer ; scene selections ; interview with actress Orla Brady ; historical photo gallery.