In County Leitrim in the 1950s, Bridie has been attending the local dance hall for years in the hope of finding a good husband who can help work her family's farm. Now surrounded by younger, prettier women at the dances, she comes to the realisation that all the good men of her generation have emigrated or have been spoken for, and her only remaining hope for marriage is with the alcoholic and unreliable Bowser Egan.
A bored estate lawyer spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing.
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.
This story concerns a hapless civil servant who gets more than he bargains for when he moves into an apartment in Limerick with a gay fashion student and becomes a star on the catwalk.
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The Ballroom of Romance (1982)
Directed by Pat O'Connor. Starring Brenda Fricker John Kavanagh Mick Lally Bríd Brennan Cyril Cusack Joe Pilkington.
The Ballroom Of Romance
Based on a short story by William Trevor. The Ballroom of romance follows Bridie (Brenda Fricker) a lonely farmers daughter who hopes to find love at the local ...
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