This is My Father (1998)
- Starring:
- Aidan Quinn, James Caan, (more)
- Director(s):
- Paul Quinn
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Drama
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Paul Quinn scripted and made his directorial debut with this period drama about middle-aged schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan), who finds evidence indicating that his real father was an Irish farmer and not a French seaman as he had been told. Since his mute and paralyzed mother offers no answers, he investigates by traveling to an Irish village with his teenage nephew (Jacob Tierney). After this prologue, the film flashes back to the family roots: Kieran's mother Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly) back home from convent school, catches the eye of dirt tenant farmer Kieran O'Day (Aidan Quinn). Their romance gets underway despite disapprovals from family and friends. Shown at 1998 film fests (Montreal, Toronto). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 120 mins
Complete Cast:
- Aidan Quinn - Kieran O'Day
- Stephen Rea - Father Quinn
- Moya Farrelly - Fiona Flynn
- Colm Meaney - Seamus Kearney
- Brendan Gleeson - Officer Jim
- Eamon Morrissey - Father Mooney
- Gina Moxley - Mary Flynn
- Pauline Hutton - Maria
- James Caan - Kieran Johnson
- John Cusack - Eddie Sharp
- Jacob Tierney - Jack
- Donal Donnelly - John Maney
- John Kavanagh - Liam
- Maria McDernottroe - Mrs. Maney
- Moira Deady - Mrs. Kearney
- Director(s):
- Paul Quinn
- Writer(s):
- Paul Quinn
- Producer(s):
- Nicolas Clermont, Philip King
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Sexual Situations, Profanity, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Drama
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- 1999 - This is My Father - National Board of Review - Outstanding Indies
