The Outcasts
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In pre-famine Ireland, when poverty and magic were rife, introverted farm girl Maura discovers a magical world of the imagination through the mysterious wanderer Scarf Michael. When her isolated rural community accuses her of witchcraft, she turns to her own supernatural powers for protection.
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Mary Ryan
Maura O'Donnell
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Mick Lally
Scarf Michael
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The Secret of Kells
The Secret of Roan Inish
Don Foley
Hugh O'Donnell
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Father Ted
Cyril Cusack
Myles Keenan
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Jesus of Nazareth
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Tom Jordan
Conor Farrell
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The Field
Baby Sister
Paul Bennett
Father Connelly
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Michael Collins
Les Roses de Dublin
Bairbre Ní Chaoimh
Janey O'Donnell
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Rawhead Rex
Angela's Ashes
Brendan Ellis
Pat the Blacksmith
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Our Boys
Gillian Hackett
Tríona
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Anne Devlin
Three Wishes for Jamie
Donal O'Kelly
Owen
Known for
The Van
Hilary Reynolds
Roisín
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High Spirits
Educating Rita
Brenda Scallon
Breda O'Donnell
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Robert Wynne-Simmons Director · Stephen Cooney Composer Seamus Corcoran Cinematographer
Budget $260K · First release November 12, 1982 · Produced in Ireland
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Budget
$260,000
Production
Tolmayax
Production
Ireland
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Ireland · November 12, 1982
Premiere · Cork Int'l Film Festival - world premiere
Ireland · October 10, 1983
Limited theatrical · Dublin
No release date listed for United States.
Ireland
January 1, 1983 · Physical · VHS - 95 mins.
June 7, 2024 · Digital · VOD - IFI@Home
Netherlands
March 7, 1985 · Limited theatrical · part of a package of 13 Irish films touring 14 cities for 3 weeks
United Kingdom
November 23, 1983 · Premiere · London Film Festival
June 14, 1984 · TV · Channel 4 "Film on Four"
October 14, 1985 · Limited theatrical · London
September 23, 2024 · Physical · Blu-ray 2K restoration
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