The Fifth Province
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Frank Stapleton
Ian Richardson
Jeannane Crowley
Birdy Sweeney
Anthony Higgins
Brían O'byrne
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
There are four provinces in Ireland that we know of. The fifth province is a land of magic and of possibility. Timmy is a shy guest-house keeper and an aspiring novelist who lives with is mother in a rainy part of the Irish midlands. His eccentric psychiatrist, Dr Drudy, is his only contact with the outside world and the person to whom he confides his infatuation with the president of Ireland--in this story, a bland looking woman. When a new motorway is constructed, it puts Timmy's guest house out of business. Mysteriously, a Spanish pilot named Marcel appears and creates havoc. Shortly thereafter, Timmy attends a writers conference where he meets and falls for Diana de Brie. Back at home, Marcel convinces Timmy to mentally "call" Diana, and, amazingly, she arrives at the isolated guest house, a circumstance that opens the way for a spoof of Hitchcock's "Psycho."
Director
Frank Stapleton
Cast
Ian Richardson
Jeannane Crowley
Birdy Sweeney
Anthony Higgins
Brían O'byrne
Peter Caffrey
Lia Williams
Joan O'hara
Crew
George Akers
Carol Betera
David Brown
Jim Corcoran
Bruno De Keyzer
Julia Duff
Nina Fitzpatrick
Caroline Hewitt
Al Lethbridge
Seamus Mcinerney
Ned Mcloughlin
Frank Stapleton
Mark Tanner
Catherine Tiernan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Began shooting July 8, 1996.
Completed shooting August 19, 1996.
Shown at Dublin Film Festival March 3-12, 1998.
Shown At Galway Film Festival in Ireland July 8-13, 1997.
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