Film

Angela's Ashes 1999

Directed by Alan Parker

  • Drama
  • 145 min
  • R

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.

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

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  • Harm to children
  • Addiction

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