Love and Savagery

Love and Savagery
Directed by	John N. Smith
Screenplay by	Des Walsh
Produced by	Barbara Doran Kevin Tierney Lynne Wilson
Starring	Allan Hawco Sarah Greene Martha Burns Nicholas Campbell
Cinematography	Pierre Letarte
Edited by	Michel Arcand
Music by	Bertrand Chénier
Release date	2009 (2009)
Countries	Canada Ireland
Language	English

Love and Savagery is a Canadian-Irish drama film directed by John N. Smith and released in 2009.^[1]

The film stars Allan Hawco as Michael, a geologist from Newfoundland and Labrador who travels to Ballyvaughan, Ireland to study limestone, and causes a scandal when he enters a romantic relationship with Cathleen (Sarah Greene), an orphan girl from the village who is about to enter the convent as a Roman Catholic nun.^[2] The film's cast also includes Martha Burns, Nicholas Campbell, Andy Jones, Louise Nicol, Mack Furlong and Sean Panting.

• Allan Hawco as Michael
• Sarah Greene as Cathleen
• Louise Nicol as Mrs. Collins, The Principal
• Martha Burns as Mother Superior
• Nicholas Campbell as Senior Tinker
• Macdara O Fatharta as Thomas Collins
• Sean Panting as Wilfred
• Anne Butler as Mrs. Quigley
• Amber Cull as Mary Callaghan
• Lesley Dowey as Maura
• Frank Deacy as Father Joseph
• Aiden Flynn as Liam Collins
• Dylan Smith as Sean Collins
• Mark Whelan as Jim Hyland
• Andy Jones as Old Man At Reading
• Monica Walsh as Young Woman At Reading
• Sylina Jones as Nun
• Melee Hutton as Lodging Housekeeper
• Terry O'Rourke as Dublin Bartender

The film garnered four Genie Award nominations at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010:

• Best Supporting Actress: Martha Burns
• Best Overall Sound: Claude Hazanavicius, Daniel Bisson, Jean-Charles Desjardins and Bernard Gariépy Strobl
• Best Original Score: Bertrand Chénier
• Best Make-Up: Diane Simard and Réjean Goderre

Burns won the award for Best Supporting Actress.^[3]

• Love and Savagery at IMDb