This Is My Father

This Is My Father
Directed by	Paul Quinn
Produced by	Nicolas Clermont Philip King
Screenplay by	Paul Quinn
Starring	Aidan Quinn James Caan
Music by	Donal Lunny
Cinematography	Declan Quinn
Editing by	Glenn Berman
Studio	Filmline International Hummingbrid Communications
Distributed by	Sony Picture Classics (USA)
Release date(s)	May 7, 1998 (1998-05-07)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Box office	$1,078,737

This Is My Father is a 1998 Irish-American film directed by Paul Quinn.

Plot

The film portrays a tragic love story set in late 1930s Ireland, focusing on the relationship between Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly), a beautiful, feisty seventeen-year-old from a middle class family, and Kieran O'Dea (Aidan Quinn), a shy labourer in his early thirties, and the search decades later by their son, Kieran Johnson, (James Caan) to find his roots in late 1990s Ireland.

The film is told as an interweaving of the nineties setting, where Kieran is hearing the story of his parents, and the events of the 1930s. Kieran Johnson grew into adulthood unaware of his parents' story or of the tragic events that caused his mother to leave Ireland on her own while pregnant.

The story highlights the issues of prejudice, classism, alcoholism and social and religious conservatism in rural 1930s Ireland.

Cast

Main cast

• Kieran O'Dea - Aidan Quinn
• Kieran Johnson - James Caan
• Fiona Flynn - Moya Farrelly
• Jack - Jacob Tierney
• Widow Flynn - Gina Moxley

Supporting cast

• Seamus (Bed and Breakfast Owner) - Colm Meaney
• Mrs. Kearney - Moira Deady
• Eddie Sharp (Pilot) - John Cusack
• Garda Jim - Brendan Gleeson
• Garda Ben - Pat Shortt
• Mrs. Maney - Maria McDermottroe
• John Maney - Donal Donnelly
• Father Mooney - Eamon Morrissey
• Mission Priest - Stephen Rea
• Liam Finneran - John Kavanaugh
• Young Mrs. Kearney - Karen Ardiff
• Mrs. Madigan - Sheila Flitton
• Maria - Pauline Hutton
• Nuala - Fiona Glascott

External links

• This Is My Father at the Internet Movie Database