Overview
Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on the novel Cal
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Setting
Set in Belfast
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Music
Music by Mark Knopfler
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Bernard MacLavertyNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 24, 1984
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Ireland, United Kingdom
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John LynchCal
Helen MirrenMarcella
Donal McCannShamie
Ray McAnallyCyril Dunlop
John KavanaghSkeffington
Stevan RimkusCrilly- Catherine GibsonMrs Morton
Louis RolstonDermot Ryan
Tom HickeyPreacher- Gerard Mannix FlynnArty
- Seamus FordeMr Morton
- Edward ByrneSkeffington Snr
J.J. MurphyMan in Library- Audrey JohnsonLucy
Brian MunnRobert Morton
Daragh O'MalleyScarfaced Policeman
George ShaneSecond Policeman
Julia DeardenShop Assistant- Yvonne AdamsNeighbour
Laurence FosterSoldier at Roadblock
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