Timmy Sugrue is a persecuted guesthouse keeper and writer who lives with his mad mother in a very rainy part of the Irish midlands. His only consolation are his visits to Dr. Drudy, a psychiatrist whom he can tell about the love of his life - the President of Ireland. A new motorway puts Timmy's guesthouse off the map. A strange Spanish pilot named Marcel comes to visit and create havoc in the guesthouse. Timmy goes to a scriptwriters' conference where only fast, urban and up-beat stories are expected, nothing like Timmy's own story. Uneasy in any of the four provinces of Ireland, he desperately tries to reach the Fifth Province, the province of magic, of passion, of possibility.
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Lia Williams
Diana De Brie
Known for
The Day of the Jackal
His Dark Materials
Anthony Higgins
Marcel
Known for
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Draughtsman's Contract
Brían F. O'Byrne
Timmy
Known for
Million Dollar Baby
FlashForward
Ian Richardson
Dr. Drudy
Known for
From Hell
Dark City
Jeananne Crowley
Known for
Educating Rita
Joan O'Hara
Also in
Far and Away
How About You...
Alison McKenna
Dancing Girl
Also in
The Ambassador
Pie in the Sky
Frank Stapleton Director · Nina Fitzpatrick Writer George Akers Editor
United States release December 12, 1997 · Produced in Ireland
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Ireland
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English
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United States · December 12, 1997
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