A Love Divided Movie Review 2001

In 1950s Ireland, Protestant Sheila Kelly (Brady) marries Catholic Sean Cloney (Cunningham) and signs an agreement to raise their children Catholic to appease the mostly Catholic farming community, County Wexford. When it comes time for their daughter Eileen (Bolger) to attend school, however, a battle emerges over religion between headstrong Sheila and Milquetoast Sean. When things begin escalating into an all-out war that divides the villagers, Sheila flees with her two daughters to Scotland. Heavy-handed, melodramatic script displays a movie-of-the-week lack of subtlety, while one-dimensional characters offer little in the way of sympathy for anyone involved. Based on a true story.

Distribution

New Yorker Video, 16 W. 61st St., 11th Fl., New York, NY 10023, Phone: (212)645-4600, Toll-free: 800-447-0196, Fax: (212)645-3030, Email: info@newyorkerfilms.com, URL: http://www.newyorkerfilms.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Marriage, Ireland, True Stories, Period Piece: 1950s, Religion

Screenplay

Deirdre Dowling, Gerry Gregg, Stuart Hepburn

Cast

Orla Brady, Liam Cunningham, Brian McGrath, Sarah Bolger, Nicole Bohan, Peter Caffrey, Tony Doyle, Ali White

Cinematography

Cedric Culliton

Director

Syd Macartney

Music

Fiancha Trench