The playwright Brian Friel stands among the giants of Irish literature. From the 1980s onwards, he withdrew from media and public life. This film sets out to show, through family, friends, actors, directors, as well as via his own handwritten and typed letters, personal archive, and readings from some of his plays, how Brian Friel re-defined Irish theatre in the second half of the 20th century.
The Fantastic Francis Hardy travels the most remote corners of Wales, Scotland and Ireland attempting to heal those who wish to be healed. His wife Grace and manager Teddy complete this nomadic triptych, each with their own telling of the loss, love and struggle of life on the road with a seemingly predestined Faith Healer.
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.
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).
