Cal

Directed by Pat O’Connor, Written by Bernard MacLaverty, Produced by Stuart Craig and David Puttnam

Cal (John Lynch) is young man on the fringes of the republican movement in Northern Ireland. He falls in love with Marcella (Helen Mirren), who is the widow of an RUC officer who was murdered by the IRA. The story is based on the novel Cal By Bernard McLaverty. John Lynch’s first film won him a Bafta award as most promising newcomer and a Best Actress award at the Cannes Film festival for Helen Mirren.

The story tells how a young man might easily have been drawn into violence and yet afterward be consumed by guilt.


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Genre

Drama - Theatrical

Company

Enigma Productions, Goldcrest Films and Television and Warner Bros

Release Year

1984

Period Set

1980

WRITER(s)/ DIRECTOR(s)/ PRODUCER(s)

Writer

Bernard MacLaverty

Director

Pat O’Connor

Producer

Stuart Craig, David Puttnam

ACTORS

Helen Mirren - Marcella

John Lynch - Cal

Donal McCann - Shamie

John Kavanagh - Skeffington

Ray McAnally - Cyril Dunlop

Stevan Rimkus - Crilly

Catherine Gibson - Mrs. Morton

Louis Rolston - Dermot Ryan

Tom Hickey - Preacher

Gerard Mannix Flynn - Arty

Seamus Forde - Mr. Morton

Edward Byrne - Skeffington Sr

J.J. Murphy - Man in Library

Audrey Johnson - Lucy

Brian Munn - Robert Morton

Daragh O’Malley - Scarfaced Policeman

George Shane - Second Policeman

Julia Dearden - Shop Assistant

Yvonne Adams - Neighbour

Laurence Foster - Soldier at Roadblock

Scott Frederick - Soldier at Farm

Gerard O’Hagan - Soldier at Farm

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