This is My Father

• Director: Paul Quinn
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Rural Drama, Family Drama
• Themes: Star-Crossed Lovers, Class Differences, Fathers and Sons
• Main Cast: Aidan Quinn, James Caan, Stephen Rea, John Cusack, Moya Farrelly, Jacob Tierney, Colm Meaney, Gina Moxley, Moira Deady
• Release Year: 1998
• Country: UK/US
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

Paul Quinn scripted and made his directorial debut with this period drama about middle-aged schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan), who finds evidence indicating that his real father was an Irish farmer and not a French seaman as he had been told. Since his mute and paralyzed mother offers no answers, he investigates by traveling to an Irish village with his teenage nephew (Jacob Tierney). After this prologue, the film flashes back to the family roots: Kieran's mother Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly) back home from convent school, catches the eye of dirt tenant farmer Kieran O'Day (Aidan Quinn). Their romance gets underway despite disapprovals from family and friends. Shown at 1998 film fests (Montreal, Toronto). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Aidan Quinn - Kieran O'Day
• James Caan - Kieran Johnson
• Stephen Rea - Father Quinn
• John Cusack - Eddie Sharp
• Moya Farrelly - Fiona Flynn
• Jacob Tierney - Jack
• Colm Meaney - Seamus Kearney
• Gina Moxley - Mary Flynn
• Moira Deady - Mrs. Kearney

Donal Donnelly - John Maney; Brendan Gleeson - Officer Jim; John Kavanagh - Liam; Eamon Morrissey - Father Mooney; Maria McDernottroe - Mrs. Maney; Pauline Hutton - Maria

Credit

Claude Pare - Art Director, Nadia Rona - Casting, Ros Hubbard - Casting, John Hubbard - Casting, Rosina Bucci - Casting, Stewart Harding - Co-producer, Consolata Boyle - Costume Designer, Lisa Mulcahy - First Assistant Director, Paul Quinn - Director, Glenn Berman - Editor, Aidan Quinn - Executive Producer, Paul Quinn - Executive Producer, Declan Quinn - Executive Producer, Elie Samaha - Executive Producer, Kieran Corrigan - Executive Producer, Donal Lunny - Composer (Music Score), Frank Conway - Production Designer, Declan Quinn - Cinematographer, Nicolas Clermont - Producer, Philip King - Producer, Mervyn Moore - Sound/Sound Designer, Paul Quinn - Screenwriter

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