The Boys and Girl from County Clare (2003)
Directed by John Irvin
Genres - Comedy, Musical, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Domestic Comedy, Musical Drama |
Release Date - Mar 11, 2005 (USA - Limited), Mar 11, 2005 (USA) |
Run Time - 87 min. |
Countries - Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur
British filmmaker John Irvin directs the musical comedy drama The Boys From County Clare. Set in the late '60s, the story involves a pair of rival brothers reuniting for the All-Ireland Traditional Music Competition in County Clare, Ireland. As defending champion John Joe (Bernard Hill) gets his local Celtic band ready to compete, his estranged brother, Jimmy (Colm Meaney), blows into town from Liverpool with his own band. John Joe's pianist, Maisie (Charlotte Bradley), isn't happy to see Jimmy, who had left her years ago to raise their daughter, Anne, all by herself. Now the town's star fiddle player, Anne (Andrea Corr of the Irish pop group the Corrs) goes against her mother's wishes in order to seek romance with Jimmy's flute player Teddy (Shaun Evans). The Boys From County Clare was shown at the 2003 Toronto Film Festival.
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music-competition, brother, estrangement, Ireland, Celtic-music, rival
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