Broken Harvest Movie Review 1994

Jimmy O'Leary remembers his youth in rural 1950s Ireland when a poor wheat harvest led to his family's financial demise and a feud between his father (Lane) and neighbor Josie McCarthy (O'Brien) threatened to destroy their lives. The men fought side by side for Ireland's independence, but the friendship dissolved when they took different sides during the ensuing civil war, and fought over Jimmy's mother. Strong performances and the beautiful West Cork and Wicklow location shots provide a nice balance to the uneven narrative. The black and white scenes were actually filmed in the mid-'80s when the independently financed project was begun. Adapted from O'Callaghan's own story "The Shilling."

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.
Originally from Irish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Ireland, Farm Livin', Revenge, Childhood Visions, Family Ties, Flashback

Screenplay

Maurice O'Callaghan

Cast

Colin Lane, Niall O'Brien, Marian Quinn, Darren McHugh, Joy Florish, Joe Jeffers, Pete O'Reilly, Michael Crowley

Cinematography

Jack Conroy

Director

Maurice O'Callaghan

Music

Patrick Cassidy

Producer

Jerry O'Callaghan, Maurice O'Callaghan, Kate O'Callaghan, Destiny Films, Kit Parker Films