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An elderly woman tells her children she had stored her life savings in her mattress, which they had just had removed while giving their mother's house a thorough clean-out without her knowledge. The family then take to the streets of Dublin in search of the item and the fortune it contains. Comedy written and directed by Lance Daly, starring Kelly Thornton, Fionnula Flanagan, Pat Shortt and Eva Birthistle
2013
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Comedy
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Kelly Thornton
(Actor)
.. Emma
Fionnula Flanagan
(Actor)
.. Nan
Pat Shortt
(Actor)
.. Colm
Eva Birthistle
(Actor)
.. Margaret
Philip Judge
(Actor)
.. Michael
Lance Daly
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Kelly Thornton
(Actor)
.. Emma
Fionnula Flanagan
(Actor)
.. Nan
Born:
December 10, 1941
in
Dublin, Ireland
Best Known For:
Playing Martha Bellison in The Invention of Lying.
Early-life:
Fionnghuala Manon Flanagan was born on December 10, 1941 in Dublin, Ireland. Her parents were Rosanna and Irish Army officer Terence Niall. She grew up speaking English and Irish as her parents wanted her and her four siblings to learn Irish, even though they did not speak the language themselves. Fionnula was educated in England and Switzerland. She trained at Abbey Theatre in Dublin and travelled Europe before moving to Los Angeles, California, United States in 1968.
Career:
Flanagan's acting breakthrough in Ireland was in the Irish language play An Triail. She made her Broadway debut in 1968 in Brian Friel's Lovers. Flanagan is known for her interpretations of works by the author James Joyce, having played Gerty McDowell in the film version of Ulysses (1967), all six main female roles in the film adaptation of James Joyce's Women (1985) and theatrical productions of Ulysses in Nighttown and Women. Flanagan has appeared on many American TV shows and TV films, including The Ewok Adventure (1984), How the West Was Won, Murder, She Wrote and Rich Man, Poor Man. She has made a number of big screen appearances, including in The Others (2001), Four Brothers (2005), Transamerica (2005), Yes Man (2008) and The Invention of Lying (2009). Between 2006 and 2008, she played Rose Caffee in the American TV drama Brotherhood. More recently, she appeared in the spin-off of EastEnders, Redwater.
Quote:
"People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues."
Trivia:
She won an Emmy award in 1976 for her performance in Rich Man, Poor Man.
Pat Shortt
(Actor)
.. Colm
Eva Birthistle
(Actor)
.. Margaret
Born:
January 01, 1974
in
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Best Known For:
Playing Roisin Hanlon in Ae Fond Kiss….
Early-life:
Born on January 1, 1974 in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. She moved to Derry, Northern Ireland, when she was 14. Eva attended Foyle College before moving to Dublin to study acting at The Gaiety School of Acting.
Career:
Birthistle got her first TV role in 1995 in the series Glenroe as Regina Crosbie. The first feature film she landed a role in was All Souls' Day (1997). She then went on to appear in a number of films, including Miracle at Midnight (1998), Breakfast on Pluto (2005) and Imagine Me and You (2005). One of her most notable film roles was her lead part in Ken Loach's Ae Fond Kiss… (2004). She also appeared in the Oscar-nominated film Brooklyn (2015). Birthistle has appeared in a number of TV dramas, including The State Within, The Last Enemy and Waking the Dead. In 2015, she joined the cast of The Last Kingdom.
Quote:
"Ultimately, you always dream of having a good script and a really good character that stretches you."
Trivia:
Her performance in Ae Fond Kiss… won her Irish Film and Television, London Critics Circle and British Independent Film awards for best actress.
Philip Judge
(Actor)
.. Michael
Lance Daly
(Director)
