Where to Watch Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) in the US

What it's about

A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930s Ireland. Five women different in temperament and capability from one another form a firm emotional support system for one another (reluctantly at times), with the eldest assuming the role of "somewhat meddling" overseer. Into this comes their elderly brother, a priest too senile to perform his clerical functions who has "come home to die" after a lifetime in Africa. Then the boy's father rides up on a motorcycle--to announce that he's on his way to Spain to fight against Franco. Although undeniably affected by the presence of the two men, the sisters continue to cope as a close-knit unit until something happens that disrupts the fabric of that cohesiveness beyond repair.

Cast and crew

Director

Pat O'Connor

Writer

Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness, William Butler Yeats

Starring

Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Gerard McSorley

Details

Release date

Nov 13, 1998

Language

English

Country

Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Box office

$2,287,818

Awards

2 wins & 7 nominations

Where to Watch Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) in the US — common questions

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