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Riders to the Sea

1987 · 47 min

A hushed, heavy vigil by the sea, steeped in grief and dread, that asks you to sit with a mother's sorrow.

Directed by
Ronan O'Leary
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Geraldine Page, Amanda Plummer, Sachi Parker
Overview
Maurya, who lives in a village on the coast of Ireland, has lost her husband, father-in-law, and five sons to the sea. With a sense of foreboding, she predicts that by nightfall she will have no living sons remaining.

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Directed by
Ronan O'Leary
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Geraldine Page, Amanda Plummer, Sachi Parker
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • death
  • family
  • fate
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • sea
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
tv movie, drama
Directed by
Ronan O'Leary
Written by
Ronan O'Leary, John Millington Synge
Starring
Geraldine Page, Amanda Plummer, Sachi Parker, Barry McGovern, Joan O'Hara, Michael O'Brian
Runtime
47 min

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