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Tara Road

Screening on Film
Directed by Gilles MacKinnon.
With Andie MacDowell, Olivia Williams, Stephen Rea, Brenda Fricker.
US, 2005, 35mm, color, 100 min.

Two women, one in America, one in Ireland, both at the emotional crossroads of their lives, decide to do a house-swap. Borrowing something from each other’s lives they find that they alter each other’s destinies.  Maeve Binchy’s much-loved novel makes for a poignant and heartfelt film with terrific performances from Andie MacDowell and Olivia Williams.  Directed by Gilles MacKinnon (The Playboys) and produced by Noel Pearson (My Left Foot), with fine supporting performances from Stephen Rea and Brenda Fricker.

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