Dancing at Lughnasa Page #2

Synopsis: A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. Each of the five women, different from the other in temperament and capability, is the emotional support system, although at times reluctantly, for each other, with the eldest assuming the role of a 'somewhat meddling' overseer. But then into this comes an elderly brother, a priest too senile to perform his clerical functions, who has "come home to die" after a lifetime in Africa; as well, there also arrives the boy's father, riding up on a motorcycle, only to announce that he's on his way to Spain to fight against Franco. Nevertheless, life goes on for the five sisters, although undeniably affected by the presence of the two men, they continue to cope as a close-knit unit... until something happens that disrupts the very fabric of that cohesiveness beyond repair.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Pat O'Connor
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  2 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
PG
Year:
1998
95 min
603 Views


doesn't fancy his stay in Africa...

I could take his place.

The sisters here will tell ya I've been

looking for a beautiful black man.

Come on, Jack. Bed.

A wee rest.

I have to laugh at you,

Christina Mundy.

Whenever you say you've to laugh at me,

I know you're not laughing.

And I've to say I have

to laugh at you, Rose Mundy.

A brother home

from the foreign missions.

A priest,

confronted by one sister...

who's given birth

to an illegitimate child.

And Rose...

talkin' about men

separated from their wives.

I was talkin' about Danny Bradley.

He loves me, Kate!

Love?

Gander! Gander!

That's what you're called

in your classroom.

You're not even a woman.

You're called a gander.

I am woman enough

to know what modesty is.

A woman's modesty is everything.

Thank you, Okawa.

Who is Okawa?

You are.

She's right, you know. Kate's right.

I brought shame on this family.

- Deep shame.

- You brought Michael to this family.

And he is not shame.

You know that, as does Kate.

What's wrong with Jack?

- His nerves.

- Oh, aye, nerves.

We were so proud of him.

To have a priest in the family was

a great honor. Poor Jack. God help him.

Maybe Michael will become a priest.

Maybe.

You could love Uganda, Maggie.

As I lie myself down to sleep...

I pray to God my soul to keep.

If I should die before I wake...

I pray to God my soul to take.

I think I've come home to die.

Jesus, don't.

We can't afford to bury ya.

I'm glad you're home.

Watch yourself.

- Go to sleep.

- Aye.

Watch yourself.

Go to sleep, Okawa.

What does Okawa mean?

Okawa is my houseboy

in Uganda.

He is Okawa.

Damn it. I thought

it was Swahili for "gorgeous. "

Am I called 'the gander"?

No, Aunt Kate.

Who calls me "'the gander"?

The big fellas do.

And you let 'em.

Why have you no friends?

You're another gander.

Aren't you, son?

I've brought you this.

I was saving it for your birth day...

but you might as well have it now.

Do you know how it goes?

Here. You pump it.

Push it down.

Push it.

That's it.

Sacred Heart of Jesus!

I don't believe it.

What's wrong?

That's him. That's Christina's man!

That's Gerry.

It's Gerry Evans!

He's not coming in this house.

When are we gonna get a decent mirror

to see ourselves in?

- You can see enough to do you.

- You're not going to meet that blaggard!

I couldn't look that man

in the face.

I hate him.

I hate him!

Look at my hands shakin'.

No, you're not...

You're not shaking.

You're perfectly calm.

You're looking beautiful.

And what you're gonna do is this:

You'll meet him outside. Tell him

that his son is healthy and happy.

- Then you'll send him packing.

- No.

He can stay the night.

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Frank McGuinness

Professor Frank McGuinness (born 1953) is an Irish writer. As well as his own plays, which include The Factory Girls, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and Dolly West's Kitchen, he is recognised for a "strong record of adapting literary classics, having translated the plays of Racine, Sophocles, Ibsen, Garcia Lorca, and Strindberg to critical acclaim". He has also published four collections of poetry, and two novels. McGuinness has been Professor of Creative Writing at University College Dublin (UCD) since 2007. more…

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