Amongst Women
Summary:
Amongst Women is a 4 part drama series based on the critically acclaimed novel written by John McGahern. Michael Moran is an embittered Irish Republican who detests the "small-minded gangsters" who now run the country for whose independence he fought. Now a soldier without a battle, he transfers his brutality to his own family. He is hard on his daughters: Maggie, a late bloomer who wants to study nursing; Sheila, an assertive spirit whose chance at a university scholarship is thwarted by Moran; and the hardworking Mona, who settles for the civil-service career Moran chose for her. But it is Moran's sons - the errant Luke and the youngest, Michael — who bear the brunt of his malevolence as his struggle with the past comes to an unimagined end.
Awards:
1999 Banff Television Festival
Best mini series
1999 Irish Film & Television Awards
Best TV drama
Best Craft contribution Sue Gibson (Cinematography)
Best leading performance television Tony Doyle
1999 Monte Carlo Television Festival
Best actor male Tony Doyle
1999 Celtic Film and Television Festival
Best Drama
Key Cast:
Tony Doyle, Ger Ryan, Susan Lynch, Geraldine O'Rawe, Anne-Marie Duff, Damien McAdam, Brian F. O'Byrne
Directed by:
Tom Cairns
Written by:
Adrian Hodges
Based on the novel by John McGahern
Producers:
Jonathan Curling, Colin Tucker
Executive Producers:
Claire Duignan RTE, Rod Stoneman Irish Film Board, Robert Cooper, Alan Moloney