Dancing at Lughnasa Page #3

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


In the shed, outside.

Alone.

Come on.

Oh, look at her.

Hello, Chrissie.

Hello, Gerry.

How have you been

over the past 18 months?

Eighteen? Never.

March, last year.

March the sixth.

Where does the time go?

- Well, you're here now.

- Here I am.

Wonderful luck.

Is that himself?

- He's a big boy.

- He's grown well.

- Does he like school?

- He doesn't say much.

Like his Aunt Kate.

Yes, indeed.

Will someone please tell me

what they have to say to each other?

He's Michael's father.

That's a responsibility

never burdened Mr. Evans.

A commercial traveler called in

to Kate's school last Easter.

Met you in Dublin.

Had some stupid story...

about you givin'

dancing lessons up there.

He was right.

- He was not.

- Cross the old ticker.

All last winter.

Strictly ballroom.

Millions of pupils.

- Everybody wants to dance.

- Millions of pupils?

Fifty-three.

I'm a liar. Fifty-one.

When the good weather came,

they all drifted away.

You're the one should've been

giving dance lessons.

You were far better

than me, remember?

'Twas on the Isle of Capri

that he found her

Beneath the shade

of an old walnut tree

And, oh, how the flowers

bloomed around her

Where they met

on the Isle of Capri

All he could ever do was dance.

Her whole face alters

when she's happy.

Though he left

with the tide in the morning

Still his heart's

in the Isle of Capri

What brings you

to these parts now?

To say good-bye.

Where are you heading for?

- You'd like to know?

- I would.

Want a spin on this bike?

- I might.

- Get on.

- See you soon, Michael.

- Bye, son.

Where are you going next?

You'll never believe this.

I'm gonna do a spot of fighting.

- What do you know about fightin'?

- I'm a Welshman. We're always fighting.

You're as soft as butter.

- I'm going off to Spain.

- Spain?

The International Brigade.

I'm joining up.

I'm gonna fight against Franco.

There's a company leaves

in a couple of weeks.

I'm gonna fight for democracy.

Democracy? Spain?

What do you know about Spain?

A little.

Enough, maybe.

- Why exactly are you going to Spain?

- Because I want to do something.

I want to do anything...

with my life.

I have to.

Well, then do it.

"'Then do it. "

"Then do it!"

- Morning, Miss Mundy.

- Morning.

Thank you, Austin.

Thank you, Mrs. Mac.

Mrs. McLoughlin.

And how are you?

I'm well. I've brought

some more wool for Agnes and Rose.

This might be the last batch

I give 'em, God help us all.

Dear me, Vera.

What's wrong?

Isn't Agnes the quickest knitter

in Ballybeg?

You've not heard the word?

There's a woolen factory opening up

in Donegal Town, they say.

It'll be all machine knittin'

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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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