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Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dan O'Herlihy

John Huston's last film is a labor of love at several levels: an adaptation of perhaps one of the greatest pieces of English-language literature by one of Huston's favorite authors, James Joyce; a lov...( read more  read more... )e letter to the land of his ancestors and the country where his children grew up; and the chance to work with his screenwriter son Tony and his actress daughter Anjelica. The film is delicate and unhurried, detailing a Christmas dinner at the house of two spinster musician sisters and their niece in turn-of-the-century Ireland, attended by friends and family. Among the visiting attendees are the sisters' nephew Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta. The evening's reminiscences bring up melancholy memories for Gretta concerning her first, long-lost love when she was a girl in rural Galway. Her recounting of this tragic love to Gabriel brings him to an epiphany: he learns the difference between mere existence and living. The all-Irish cast and careful period detail give the piece richness and gravity, and Donal McCann and Anjelica Huston are unforgettable as the Conroys.

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PG, 1 hr. 23 min.

Directed by: John Huston

Release Date: December 17, 1987

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DVD Release Date: April 10, 2006

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  • ileo
    January 12, 2008
    ileo
    Fantastic movie.
  • vertigoo
    August 14, 2009
    vertigoo
    from the last novel of joyce's Dubliners...the spiritual testament of J. Huston.
  • machinemolle
    August 17, 2008
    machinemolle
    Astonishingly good adaptation of the James Joyce short story.
  • hypathio7
    July 3, 2008
    hypathio7
    want to see this because it won best picture with the NSFC
  • holdonlove
    February 19, 2008
    holdonlove
    La última película de John Huston basada en un relato corto de Joyce. Consigue momentos de deleite visual y es que sin ninguna palabra consigue transmitir mucho. Todo lo que ocurre es normal y armonioso. Es una obra de arte para todos los públicos.
  • zandurian
    December 24, 2007
    zandurian
    adaptation of a James Joyce short story, set in Ireland at a Christmas dinner.
  • Epicouros
    November 22, 2007
    Epicouros
    based on the famous short novel of J. Joyce
    HUSTON gets incite the book ...he must be up of 80 years old
  • tomh1138
    April 11, 2007
    tomh1138
    Slooooow. Like watching snails mate.
  • clairefurnell
    March 30, 2007
    clairefurnell
    groovy movie nice and spice lollolololol

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Huston was an old man when he died, but he had not withered dismally with age because he still had the courage and the imagination to attempt to make an impossible film of the greatest story that he h... full review

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