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Da

1988 · 102 min

A gentle, bittersweet visit home where memory and grief mingle, leaving a quiet ache and a few wry smiles.

Directed by: Matt Clark
Genres: Drama
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Martin Sheen, William Hickey

Tagline: It's never too late to open your heart.
Overview: A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father. While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories both pleasant and not.

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Directed by: Matt Clark
Genres: Drama
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Martin Sheen, William Hickey

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
memory
parenthood
identity
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Matt Clark
Written by: Hugh Leonard
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Martin Sheen, William Hickey, Doreen Hepburn, Karl Hayden, Hugh O'Conor, Jill Doyle
Music: Elmer Bernstein
Runtime: 102 min
Country: Ireland
Languages: English

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