Brid Brennan
Nacimiento : 1955-01-01, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Historia
Bríd Brennan is a Belfast born actress known for her work on the stage and screen.
Annie
A retired sea captain and his daughter must reassess their strained relationship after he begins a new romance with a widowed housekeeper.
Labhaoise
When Tomás returns to his remote island holiday home he discovers his reclusive wife and child have vanished. With nowhere to turn and a storm approaching, he is forced to place his trust in the small community's lone retired police officer, Labhaoise, to investigate. As the search takes an unexpected turn, some uncomfortable truths are revealed. Meanwhile the storm looms ever closer.
Maire Mirkin
En la zona rural más oscura de Irlanda, el ex-boxeador Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong se ha convertido en el brazo fuerte de la familia Devers, dedicada al negocio de la venta de droga. Mientras tanto, también trata de ser un buen padre para Jack, un niño autista de cinco años. Dividido entre sus dos familias, la lealtad de Arm se pone a prueba cuando los Devers le piden por primera vez que asesine a un hombre.
Anton is about to lose the two most important women in his life but it takes the story of the king's son to make him face his fate.
This poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Diane
In the remote Scottish Highlands an aging stalker sets his wits and grit against a poacher who is taking the heads of his best stags.
Kitty
Narra la historia real de Florence Foster Jenkins, una mujer que, al heredar la fortuna de su padre, pudo cumplir su sueño de estudiar para ser soprano. El problema era que carecía de talento, pero la gente acudía a sus recitales para comprobar si de verdad era tan mala cantante como decían los críticos.
Catherine Gilroy
Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a peacemaker, the Prime Minister urges a commission following the South African model of Truth and Reconciliation. But, though Stanfield starts bravely, he quickly uncovers some bloody and inconvenient truths about those now running the country; truths which none of those in power are prepared to have revealed.
Miss Kelly
En los años 50, la joven Eilis Lacey decide abandonar Irlanda y viajar a los Estados Unidos, concretamente a Nueva York, donde conoce a un chico del que se enamora. Pero un día, a Eilis le llegan noticias de un grave problema familiar y tendrá que decidir entre quedarse en su nuevo país o volver a su tierra natal.
Queen Isabel
Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story of Henry’s campaign to recapture the English possessions in France. But the ambitions of this charismatic king are challenged by a host of vivid characters caught up in the real horrors of war. Henry V, which opened the new Globe with the words ‘O for a muse of fire’, celebrates the power of language to summon into life courts, pubs, ships and battlefields within the ‘wooden O’ - and beyond.
Ma
Colette McVeigh, miembro activo del IRA, es capturada por el MI5 tras un intento fallido de atentado en Londres. El oficial encargado de su caso le ofrece la posibilidad de evitar la cárcel si se convierte en informadora del servicio de inteligencia británico.
Theresa Byrne
Born in London to single mum Bridget, Austin Byrne returns with her to her hometown in Ireland as a very young boy and learns that, from family to neighbours to the Church, no-one has a good word to say about either of them.
Herself
Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.
Mrs Young
Sunday tells the story of an infamous day in Derry, North of Ireland and how the events of that day were subsequently covered up by the British Government of the time. On Sunday 30th January 1972 a peaceful civil rights march against internment (imprisonment without trial), organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) ended with 13 marchers shot dead and 15 wounded. It became known throughout the world as Bloody Sunday. Told primarily from the perspective of the Derry community, juxtaposed with the British Army/state's preparations and reaction to the day, Sunday communicates the forensic and emotional truth of what happened
Mad Woman
Drama musical ambientado en el siglo XIX. Narra la rivalidad entre dos artistas londinenses: Gilbert y Sullivan, guionista y compositor respectivamente. Gilbert (Broadbent) es un auténtico caballero. Sullivan (Corduner), en cambio, es casi un libertino. Durante años, los dos trabajaron juntos deleitando al público con sus populares óperas cómicas. Pero, en 1884, al no contar su última obra con el apoyo de la crítica, las diferencias entre ellos salieron a flote. Sullivan quiso dejar a Gilbert para componer música más seria; pero ambos estaban obligados contractualmente a hacer un nuevo trabajo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Mrs Lysaght
Felicia es una adolescente que ha vivido siempre en una aldea irlandesa. Cuando su novio Johnny emigra a Inglaterra para buscar trabajo, Felicia lo sigue, sobre todo porque está embarazada. Cuando llega a Birmingham conoce a Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, el meticuloso gerente de una empresa de comidas.
Agnes 'Aggie' Mundy
En los años 30, una familia rural formada por cinco hermanas solteras vive en el pequeño pueblo de Donegal, Irlanda. Su vida cotidiana se verá alterada cuando su hermano mayor, Jack, vuelva de las misiones en África mentalmente trastornado, a causa de la malaria. Su llegada avivará una serie de rencillas y secretos que harán que la aparente unidad familiar se rompa.
Betty
Eddie es un ex-convicto de un pequeño pueblo que descubre tener talento para vender cualquier cosa. Eddie ve una manera de superar su mala vida mediante el uso de ese talento en su beneficio. Con lo que no contaba era con el asesinato y el caos a lo largo del camino.
Stella
In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient quarrel.
Morgan L'Fei
Mientras las guerras fronterizas estallan en Camelot, la joven princesa Guinevere es llevada a vivir a salvo con la Suma Sacerdotisa L'Fei. Cuando el Rey Arturo reclama la corona, le prometen a Guinevere y ella debe dejar a su verdadero amor, el Príncipe Lancelot, para unir la tierra. En una historia de honor, lealtad y el precio de la guerra, Guinevere se ve obligada a elegir entre el único hombre que ha amado y su deber hacia su reino.
Thea Elvsted
Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results
Sally McCann
Anthony Steadman, a child murderer, is being released from prison after 17 years. Sally McCann, a mother whose child disappeared around the time of the original murders, pursues Steadman. Also on his trail is Becky Wilson, a local radio reporter, for whom the case brings back ghosts from her own past.
Pamela Early
Narra en directo la investigación de un grupo de reporteros en una zona residencial de Londres, donde, según testigos, una presencia fantasmagórica provoca toda serie de extraños sucesos en los alrededores del área. Los reporteros entrevistaban a los vecinos de la comunidad y descubren que una malvada entidad, el espíritu de un asesino de niños llamado "Pipe", vaga perdido entre el mundo de los vivos y los muertos.
Susan Turnbull
A lone hitch hiker, marooned near a housing estate, has a dramatic effect on the lives of those around him.
Sister of IRA man
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
Lorna Martin
In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.
Grace O'Brien
Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deploying their skills as entertainers, only to eventually discover the sinister purpose behind the Pathway organization.
Pegeen Mike
A story of love, rivalry and betrayal – Synge’s best-known work is a must-see from this multi-award winning company.' Synge’s great comic masterpiece tells the story of Christy Mahon, who stumbles into a public house in County Mayo claiming he has killed his father and so capturing the romantic attention of the daughter of the house, Pegeen Mike. Performed at Donmar Warehouse in London's Covent Garden by the Druid Theatre Company of Galway, Ireland.
Colette
Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.
Anne Devlin
The story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.
Lorna Martin
Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his 'English woman', Mavis. How will the family - particularly Billy - react? And has she achieved the impossible in mellowing the man?
Lorna Martin
Belfast 1978: the Martin family, a year on. Norman is away in England, and his eldest son, Billy, and daughter, Lorna, are in charge of their younger sisters, Ann and Maureen.
Lorna Martin
Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son.
Patty Byrne
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
Roisin
Maeve returns home to Belfast after a long absence. Her arrival in the city stimulates a series of memories of childhood and adolescence both in herself and other people.
Lady in Waiting
En los bosques que rodean el castillo de Tintagel, Uther Pendragon, tras una larga y cruenta guerra, le ruega al mago Merlín que le haga propicia la seducción de la novia de su nuevo aliado, el Duque de Cornwall. Merlín accede a sus deseos, pero con la condición de que el fruto de su lujuria sea para él. Esa misma noche, Arturo es concebido y, dieciocho años después, los nobles de un reino cuyo trono está vacío compiten para hacerse con el derecho de liberar la espada encantada, llamada Excalibur, de la piedra en la que fue incrustada al morir Uther.