This Is My Father
Movie · Drama · Romance

Aidan Quinn and James Caan head an all-star cast in this "deeply touching and superbly acted" (Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV) drama about a scandalous romance and its impact on the future generations of one family. After he discovers a fifty-year-old photograph of his mother and a mysterious young man, burned-out Chicago schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (Caan) travels to Ireland in search of the answers she can no longer give him. Arriving in the village where she was born, he rooms at a bed and breakfast run by a fortuneteller who remembers Kieran's mother. As she recalls the details of his mother's star-crossed love affair, Kieran, for the first time in his life, is able to come to terms with who he is and where he came from. Also starring John Cusack (Grosse Pointe Blank) and Stephen Rea (The Crying Game), THIS IS MY FATHER is a beautifully filmed, "deeply moving tale" (Karen Durbin, MIRABELLA) that "will stay with you for a long time" (Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV).

1998 · 2h 0m
  • 78%
Starring Aidan Quinn, James Caan, Stephen Rea
Director Paul Quinn

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Cast & Crew

  • Aidan Quinn
    Kieran O'Day
  • James Caan
    Kieran Johnson
  • Stephen Rea
    Father Quinn
  • John Cusack
    Eddie Sharp
  • M‌F
    Moya Farrelly
    Fiona Flynn
  • Jacob Tierney
    Jack, Kieran Johnson's Nephew
  • Colm Meaney
    Seamus, Owner of the Bed-and-Breakfast
  • Donal Donnelly
    John Maney
  • Brendan Gleeson
    Garda Jim
  • John Kavanagh
    Liam Finneran
  • Eamon Morrissey
    Father Mooney

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This Is My Father

Drama

Aidan Quinn and James Caan head an all-star cast in this "deeply touching and superbly acted" (Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV) drama about a scandalous romance and its impact on the future generations of one family. After he discovers a fifty-year-old photograph of his mother and a mysterious young man, burned-out Chicago schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (Caan) travels to Ireland in search of the answers she can no longer give him. Arriving in the village where she was born, he rooms at a bed and breakfast run by a fortuneteller who remembers Kieran's mother. As she recalls the details of his mother's star-crossed love affair, Kieran, for the first time in his life, is able to come to terms with who he is and where he came from. Also starring John Cusack (Grosse Pointe Blank) and Stephen Rea (The Crying Game), THIS IS MY FATHER is a beautifully filmed, "deeply moving tale" (Karen Durbin, MIRABELLA) that "will stay with you for a long time" (Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV).

78%

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Average 6.7
Reviews 27
Fresh 21
Rotten 6

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Studio
Nicolas Clermont, Philip King
Released
1998
Run Time
2 hr
Rated
R for a scene of sexuality and brief language.
Regions of Origin
Ireland, Canada
© 1998 Filmline International [Father] Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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