Dancing at Lughnasa
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Pat O'connor
Rhys Ifans
Peter Gowen
Lorcan Cranitch
Gerard Mcsorley
Brid Brennan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In Donegal in 1936, the five Mundy sisters live on their family farm, eking out a precarious existance. All are single: Kate, the eldest and most middle-aged in attitude; Maggie, dependable Agnes; Rose, who is having a secret affair with a married man; and Christina, who has a son by a man who is never there. Their steady lives begin to change when their older brother Jack returns from Africa and the father of Christina's baby swings back into town. In addition, their livelihoods are threatened by social changes, such as the opening of a woolen factory that the sisters' hand-woven clothes can't compete against.
Director
Pat O'connor
Cast
Rhys Ifans
Peter Gowen
Lorcan Cranitch
Gerard Mcsorley
Brid Brennan
Catherine Mccormack
Meryl Streep
Dawn Bradfield
Darrell Johnston
Kathy Burke
Sophie Thompson
John Kavanagh
Marie Mullen
Kate O'toole
Michael Gambon
Crew
Geoffrey Alexander
Ann K Aylward
Jane Barclay
Libbie Barr
Naoise Barry
Tommy Bassett
Jonathan Bates
Phillip Begley
Joan Bergin
David Bolger
Tom Brodie
Stephen Bruen
Julie Busher
Alan Butler
Jimmy Butler
Billy Byrne
Martin Carey
Anthony Carroll
Stephen Carroll
Mary Casey
Gillian Cody
Gillian Cody
Gillian Cody
Triona Coen
Clodagh Conroy
John Conroy
Louis Conroy
Michael Crouch
Robert Cuddy
Keith Cullen
Conor Devlin
Humphrey Dixon
Bernie Dooley
Sile Dorney
Peter Doyle
Thomas Drescher
Gerry Drew
Jennifer Duff
Alan Duffy
Cos Egan
Noel Farrell
Gerrit Folsom
Brian Friel
Brian Friel
Judy Friel
Cara Gavigan
Gerry Gennell
Donal Geraghty
Mark Geraghty
Johnny Gilbert
Jimmy Gillan
Lisa Goldsmith
Annie Gould
Martin Grace
John Greene
David Grennan
Wilheim Grofz
Douglas E. Hansen
Sharon Harel-cohen
Martin Hayes
Jennifer Hegarty
J. Roy Helland
Jonathan Hession
Eamonn Hill
Harry Hill
Kieran Horgan
Dean Humphreys
Eddie Humphries
Craig Irving
Paddy Irwin
Luke Jones
Pascal Jones
Gerry Jordan
Hugh Kavanagh
Austin Kelly
Sandra Kelly
Seamus Kelly
Delores Kenne
William Kennedy
Tommy Kingston
Matthew Kirwan
Joanne Kissack
Clare Lambe
Richard Lang
Noel Long
Nick Lowe
Gaye Lynch
Kenneth Macmillan
James Maguire
Alice Manning
Willie Mannion
Des Martin
Suzanne Mcauley
Sean Mcbride
Brian F Mccabe
Ray Mccann
Jerry Mcelroy
Eamonn Mcelwain
Declan Mcgrath
Gerry Mcgrath
Frank Mcguinness
Frank Mcguinness
John Mchugh
David Mcloughlin
Michael Mendelsohn
Jimmy Merrigan
John Milan
Steven Mitchell
David Morris
Sunny Mulligan
Suzanne Nicell
Maighread Nidhomhnaill
Eimer Nimhanldomhnaigh
Lucie Nunan
Gabriel O'brien
Peter O'brien
Sinead O'brien
Anneliese O'callaghan
Georgina O'connor
Proinnsias O'duinn
Philip O'dwyer
Eammon O'higgins
Des O'neill
Noel Pearson
Richard Phelan
Cole Porter
Terry Pritchard
Patrick Proctor
Gerry Quigley
Luke Quigley
Hannah Quinn
Noel Quinn
Robert Quinn
Alistair Rae
Pat Ryder
Michael Saxton
Bobby Scott
Susan Scott
Liam Scully
Robert Sealy
Mary Selway
Ruth Sinclair
Alastair Sirkett
Alan Smale
Rod Stoneman
Len Tremble
Des Troy
John Ward
Caitriona Warren-greene
Hugh Wasson
Bill Whelan
Bill Whelan
Des Whelan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Best Actress Award (Brid Brennan) at the 2000 Irish film and Television Awards.
Expanded Release in United States December 25, 1998
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States Fall November 13, 1998
Released in United States November 20, 1998
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States on Video June 15, 1999
Released in United States September 1998
Shown at St Louis International Film Festival (closing night) October 29 - November 8, 1998.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) August 26 - September 8, 1998.
Began shooting August 18, 1997.
Completed shooting October 17, 1997.
"Dancing at Lughnasa" was produced on Broadway in 1991 after first being staged at Dublin's Abbey Theater.
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at St Louis International Film Festival (closing night) October 29 - November 8, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) August 26 - September 8, 1998.)
Released in United States on Video June 15, 1999
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-7, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at AFI/ Los Angeles International Film Festival (Closing Night) October 22-31, 1998.)
Released in United States Fall November 13, 1998
Released in United States November 20, 1998 (Laemmle's Royal Theater; Los Angeles)
Expanded Release in United States December 25, 1998
