This Is My Father

This Is My Father
This Is My Father
Directed by	Paul Quinn
Screenplay by	Paul Quinn
Produced by	Nicolas Clermont; Philip King
Starring	Aidan Quinn; James Caan; Stephen Rea; John Cusack; Jacob Tierney; Colm Meaney; Donal Donnelly; Moya Farrelly;
Cinematography	Declan Quinn
Edited by	Glenn Berman
Music by	Donal Lunny
Production; companies	Filmline International; Hummingbrid Communications
Distributed by	Sony Picture Classics (US)
Release date	May 7, 1998;
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Box office	$1,078,737

This Is My Father is a 1998 film directed by Paul Quinn.

Plot[]

The film portrays a tragic love story set in late 1930s Ireland, focusing on the relationship between Fiona Flynn (), a beautiful, feisty seventeen-year-old from a middle-class family, and Kieran O'Dea (Aidan Quinn), a shy labourer in his early thirties, and the search decades later by their son, Kieran Johnson, (James Caan) to find his roots in late 1990s Ireland.

The film is told as an interweaving of the nineties setting, where Kieran is hearing the story of his parents, and the events of the 1930s. Kieran Johnson grew into adulthood unaware of his parents' story or of the tragic events that caused his mother to leave Ireland on her own while pregnant.

The story highlights the issues of prejudice, classism, alcoholism and social and religious conservatism in rural 1930s Ireland.

Cast[]

Main cast

Aidan Quinn as Kieran O'Dea
James Caan as Kieran Johnson
Moya Farrelly as Fiona Flynn
Jacob Tierney as Jack
Gina Moxley as Widow Flynn

Supporting Cast

Colm Meaney as Seamus (Bed and Breakfast Owner)
Moira Deady as Mrs. Kearney
John Cusack as Eddie Sharp (Pilot)
Brendan Gleeson as Garda Jim
Pat Shortt as Garda Ben
Maria McDermottroe as Mrs. Maney
Donal Donnelly as John Maney
Eamon Morrissey as Father Mooney
Stephen Rea as Mission Priest
John Kavanagh as Liam Finneran
Karen Ardiff as Young Mrs. Kearney
Sheila Flitton as Mrs. Madigan
Pauline Hutton as Maria
Fiona Glascott as Nuala

Reception[]

Roger Ebert given the film 3 out of 4 stars and compared it to his own visit to Ireland in 1967.^[2]

References[]

^ "This Is My Father". IMDb. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
^ Roger Ebert. "This Is My Father". Retrieved 17 June 2019.

External links[]

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[1] "This Is My Father". IMDb. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

[2] Roger Ebert. "This Is My Father". Retrieved 17 June 2019.

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