Project Detail

A Love Divided

Synopsis

A Love Divided is the moving and dramatic love story of a marriage between a Catholic and a Protestant in 1950's Ireland. The events of their lives made international news headlines. Based on a true story A Love Divided is essentially a love story about a brave and passionate couple whose love was severely tested but was strong enough to survive - against all the odds.

'This story is about having the nerve to stand outside of your own tribe and make your decisions in the face of your history and upbringing. It is about having control over your own lives - that is Sheila and Sean's love story'.

Syd Macartney - Director

Locations - Dublin city and country, Rathdrum and Wicklow environs, and Ballycastle.

Details

Year: 2000
Type of project: Features
Running time: 100 mins
Format: 35mm Kodak
Director: Syd Macartney
Producer: David Blake-Knox (RTE), Barbara McKissack (BBC Scotland), Rod Stoneman (Irish Film Board)
Editor: Ray Roantree
Screenwriter: Stuart Hepburn
Director of Photography: Cedric Culliton
Sound: Alan Seavers
Composer: Fiachra Trench
Principal cast: Liam Cunningham, Orla Brady, Tony Doyle

Genre

Northern Irish Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Parallel Film Productions Ltd Contacts: Alan Moloney, Tim Palmer Columbia Mills 14-15 Sir John Rogersons Quay Dublin 2 Tel: 00 353 1 671 8555 Fax: 00 353 1 671 8242 pfp@iol.ie

Sales Company

Stranger than Fiction Contacts: Grace Carley, Victoria Singleton Riverbank House 1 Putney Bridge Approach London SW6 3JD Tel: 171 751 0088 Fax: 171 751 0099

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