Cal (1984)

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" Cal is a 1984 Irish drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring John Lynch and Helen Mirren. Based on the novella Cal written by Bernard MacLaverty who also wrote the script, the film was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where Mirren won the award for Best Actress. Most of the movie was filmed in Drogheda in locations around the town, including Barrack Street and St. Finian's Park. A young man fraught with guilt longs to defect from the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He is draw"

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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. This movie was adapted for the screen by Bernard MacLaverty from his 1983 novel. It is a good and interesting movie about the tension, distrust and senseless violence that characterised Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Pat O'Connor directs this drama with an appreciation for the small details which say more than words about"