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Cal

Cal

1984 · 102 min · EN · R · 6.1 (28 votes)
Dir. Pat O'Connor · Starring John Lynch, Helen Mirren, Donal McCann, Ray McAnally, John Kavanagh, Stevan Rimkus · Music Mark Knopfler
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Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.

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A quiet, simmering tension underlies this deeply melancholic romance. It's a character study steeped in the somber atmosphere of 1970s Northern Ireland, exploring the heavy weight of guilt and the fragile hope of connection amidst political turmoil.

melancholictensesomberromanticslow-burngritty realismcharacter-driven dramaperiod pieceguiltforbidden lovepolitical conflictloss
based on novel or book1970sira (irish republican army)guiltbelfastnorth irelandolder woman younger man relationship
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