Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.
Acting
Colm Meaney's Dessie — the dad of all dads.
Writing
Roddy Doyle's razor-sharp Dublin dialogue sings.
Direction
Frears finds heart in working-class messiness.
Director
Stephen Frears
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Colm Meaney plays the same character in Roddy Doyle's 'The Commitments' and 'The Van' — the unofficial 'Barrytown Trilogy' dad.
The film quietly depicts 1990s Ireland's last gasp of Church-dominated shame culture before economic boom changed everything.
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