I Could Read the Sky
6.6
The film concerns an old Irish immigrant living in London who is looking back over his life. He recalls his early life in the west of Ireland, his first love, emigrating to England, searching for his brother Joe, who disappeared after he emigrated several years previously. His marriage and wife's later depth is also remembered.
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Cast
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Dermot Healy
The Old Man
Also in
The Second Death
The Butcher Boy
Stephen Rea
P.J.
Known for
V for Vendetta
Underworld: Awakening
Paulo Branco
Nichola Bruce
Brendan Coyle
Francie
Known for
Downton Abbey
Me Before You
Ben Gibson
Also in
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Timothy O'Grady
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Maggie
Known for
Orphan Black
The Tudors
Janine Marmot
Steve Pyke
Jake Williams
Young boy
Also in
Family
The Disappearance of Finbar
Nicholas O'Neill
Nichola Bruce Director · Timothy O'Grady Author Steve Pyke Author
United States release September 5, 1999 · Produced in Ireland, United Kingdom
Production
Hot Property Films
Production
Ireland · United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 3, 1999
Theatrical
United States · September 5, 1999
Telluride Film Festival
France
May 24, 2000
Netherlands
February 3, 2000 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
United Kingdom
October 27, 2000
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