The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark KnopflerOriginal Music Composer
- Pat O'ConnorDirector
Cast
- John LynchCal
- Helen MirrenMarcella
- Donal McCannShamie
- Ray McAnallyCyril Dunlop
- John KavanaghSkeffington
- Stevan RimkusCrilly
- Catherine GibsonMrs Morton
- Louis RolstonDermot Ryan
- Tom HickeyPreacher
- Gerard Mannix FlynnArty
- Seamus FordeMr Morton
- Edward ByrneSkeffington Snr
Stills
Themes
based on novel or book1970sira (irish republican army)irelandguiltbelfast, north irelandolder woman younger man relationshipirish