Moya Farrelly Movies
When the scientists of Chemacran create a remarkable new drug and begin to anticipate a takeover by a large U.S. pharmaceutical company, ethics are tested as potential for profit soars. Thankfully journalists Terry Corcoran (Finbar Lynch) and Maureen Bloand (Orla Brady) are more than willing to blow the lid off the story as big-business suits and powerful politicians make a desperate bid to cover up a series of deaths that have been attributed to the revolutionary drug. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Finbar Lynch, Orla Brady, (more)
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
- Starring:
- Aidan Quinn, James Caan, (more)
