Dermot Healy
Actor
Movies4
Movie6.8ComedyDramaFrancie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
The Butcher Boy
1998 · 130 votes
Movie7.0DramaMixing classroom dramatization with documentary material, interviews with former students who recall barbaric punishments in the name of learning, and a 1932 newsreel of a triumphant Catholic congress in Dublin, this piece poses a challenging and controversial exploration of the Christian Brothers' education system in the 50s.
Our Boys
1981 · 1 votes
Movie6.2DramaOn a lonely country road, James Mangan hears a voice from his past and comes to realise he is damned.
The Second Death
2000 · 12 votes
Movie4.6DramaThe film concerns an old Irish immigrant living in London who is looking back over his life. He recalls his early life in the west of Ireland, his first love, emigrating to England, searching for his brother Joe, who disappeared after he emigrated several years previously. His marriage and wife's later depth is also remembered.
I Could Read the Sky
1999 · 11 votes