This Is the Sea (film)
1997 Irish film
- 1997 (1997)
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This Is the Sea is a 1997 Irish film directed and written by Mary McGuckian and produced by Michael Garland. It is a romance film, focusing on the relationship between the character Hazel Stokes, played by Samantha Morton, and Malachy McAliskey, played by Ross McDade.
Plot
The two lovers live in Northern Ireland. Stokes is a Protestant, and McAliskey is Catholic. Their relationship is complicated by the spying of Stokes' brother Jef, played by Marc O'Shea, and by the attempts of Rohan, played by Gabriel Byrne, to recruit McAliskey into the Republican movement. The film also stars Richard Harris as Old Man Jacobs, an ally to the couple.
Title
The film's title comes from the song "This Is the Sea"[2] from the 1985 music album This Is the Sea by the folk-rock band The Waterboys.
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack uses seven different Waterboys songs.[3] Mike Scott, The Waterboys' lead singer, shares music credits for the film with singer Brian Kennedy.
References
External links
- This Is the Sea at IMDb
- This Is the Sea at Rotten Tomatoes
- Credit details at Hollywood.com at archive.today (archived 2013-01-25)
- TLA Video & DVD Guide 2004 review
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Films directed by Mary McGuckian
- Words Upon the Window Pane (1994)
- This Is the Sea (1997)
- Best (2000)
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
- Rag Tale (2005)
- Intervention (2007)
- Inconceivable (2008)
- The Making of Plus One (2010)
- Man on the Train (2011)
- The Price of Desire (2015)
- A Girl from Mogadishu (2018)
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