List of the best Bríd Brennan movies: The Ballroom of Romance(1982), Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne(2009), The Truth Commissioner(2016), Trojan Eddie(1996), Dancing at Lughnasa(1998), Shadow Dancer(2012), Saint-Ex(1996), Brooklyn(2015) ... ...
Romance, Drama
USA
1982
65 Minutes
Patty Byrne
Brenda Fricker John Kavanagh Mick Lally Bríd Brennan Ingrid Craigie Niall Toibin Joe Pilkington Cyril Cusack Pat Leavy Robert Carrickford May Ollis
spinster drunk dancer drummer crippled man moving somber tender rural community ireland dance hall romance aging small-town life father/daughter relationship loneliness discovery love temptation 1950s
3 cute teenage girls head to a rich uncle's beach house for the summer to party.
Drama
Ireland|France
2009
Minutes
Theresa Byrne
Martin McCann Jodie Whittaker Marcella Plunkett Gerard McSorley Bríd Brennan Owen Roe Ian McElhinney
Austin moves back to Ireland with his mother after she fails to procure an abortion in the UK and gives birth to him there.
Drama
UK
2016
99 Minutes
Catherine Gilroy
Roger Allam Barry Ward Conleth Hill Madeleine Mantock Bríd Brennan Jasmine Hyde Lia Williams Ian Beattie Frank Cannon Joanne Crawford Denis Conway
A drama about a truth commissioner appointed to chair a South African style truth commission in Northern Ireland.
Drama
UK|Ireland
1996
103 Minutes
Betty
Richard Harris Stephen Rea Brendan Gleeson Sean McGinley Angeline Ball Bríd Brennan Stuart Townsend Aislin McGuckin
godfather salesman gypsy nephew wife daughter bleak gripping brooding ireland village trailer park marriage love triangle organized crime father/daughter relationship may-december romance infidelity love rivalry
Eddie, a small town ex-con, discovers he has talent for selling anything and everything. Eddie sees a way to rise above the low life by setting up on his own. What he didn't bargain for, was the murder and mayhem along the way.
Drama
Ireland|UK|USA
1998
92 Minutes
Agnes Mundy
Meryl Streep Michael Gambon Catherine McCormack Kathy Burke Sophie Thompson Bríd Brennan Rhys Ifans Darrell Johnston Lorcan Cranitch Peter Gowen Dawn Bradfield
sister spinster son brother teacher missionary amusing tender heartwarming ireland farm cottage family illegitimate child spanish civil war catholicism memory romance love sacrifice
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Ireland
2012
102 Minutes
Ma
Andrea Riseborough Clive Owen Gillian Anderson Aidan Gillen Domhnall Gleeson Bríd Brennan David Wilmot Stuart Graham Martin McCann David Kendellen
dancer agent spy thrilling suspenseful prison london work welfare death pursuit
Set in 1990s Belfast, an active member of the IRA becomes an informant for MI5 in order to protect her son's welfare.
Biography
UK
1996
85 Minutes
Simone de Saint-Exupéry
Bruno Ganz Miranda Richardson Janet McTeer Ken Stott Katrin Cartlidge Bríd Brennan Eleanor Bron Karl Johnson
Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Romance, Drama, History
UK|Canada|Ireland
2015
112 Minutes
Miss Kelly
Saoirse Ronan Domhnall Gleeson Emory Cohen Jim Broadbent Julie Walters Jessica Paré Eve Macklin Bríd Brennan Fiona Glascott Jane Brennan Nora-Jane Noone
irishwoman mother immigrant italian friend family member charming emotional engaging ireland brooklyn boat store boardinghouse apartment immigrants homesickness love family culture clash
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.