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About
He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as an independent state, Dan Starkey's life is about to change after he finds the young woman he has just made love to dead and his only ally is a nun
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 13, 2001
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Scala Productions, Arts Council of England, Ima Films, Winchester Films
Cast
Full credits →D
David Thewlis
Dan Starkey
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Rachel Griffiths
Lee Cooper
J
Jason Isaacs
Cow Pat Keegan
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Laura Fraser
Margaret
R
Richard Gant
Charles Parker
L
Laine Megaw
Patricia Starkey
B
Bronagh Gallagher
Taxi Driver
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Kitty Aldridge
Agnes Brinn
R
Robert Lindsay
Michael Brinn
A
Adam Blackwood
Young Starkey
S
Simon Magill
Starkey's Brother
G
Gerard Jordan
Pizza Shop Boy
B
Birdy Sweeney
Lift Attendant
D
Doreen Keogh
Margaret's Mother
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Strapper
Patch
P
Patrick Duncan
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