Brid Brennan
Also Known As: 브리드 브레넌, Bríd Brennan
Biography: Bríd Brennan is a Belfast born actress known for her work on the stage and screen.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Birthday: January 01, 1955
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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My Sailor, My Love
Overview: The thorny relationship between a woman and her retired father worsens after he becomes romantically involved with the housekeeper she hires for him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-30
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Dancing at Lughnasa
Overview: Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-04
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Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
Overview: Born in London to single mum Bridget, Austin Byrne returns with her to her hometown in Ireland as a very young boy and learns that, from family to neighbours to the Church, no-one has a good word to say about either of them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-11
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Doineann
Overview: When Tomás returns to his remote island holiday home he discovers his reclusive wife and child have vanished. With nowhere to turn and a storm approaching, he is forced to place his trust in the small community's lone retired police officer, Labhaoise, to investigate. As the search takes an unexpected turn, some uncomfortable truths are revealed. Meanwhile the storm looms ever closer.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ga
Release Date: 2021-07-25
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Shadow Dancer
Overview: In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-12
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She's Been Away
Overview: A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in other words, she did what she wanted and didn't care what anyone else thought about it) is finally released to the custody of her family, consisting of her grand-nephew and his family. At first she keeps a self-imposed distance from the relatives, but she soon finds herself coming around to her nephew's wife, a free spirit who is under the thumb of her cold and controlling husband
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-09
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Guinevere
Overview: As border wars break out in Camelot, the young princess Guinevere is taken to live in safety with the High Priestess L'Fei. When King Arthur claims the crown, Guinevere is promised to him and she must leave her true love, Prince Lancelot in order to unite the land. In a tale of honor, loyalty and the price of war, Guinevere is forced to choose between the only man she has ever loved and her duty to her kingdom.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-07
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Sunday
Overview: Sunday tells the story of an infamous day in Derry, North of Ireland and how the events of that day were subsequently covered up by the British Government of the time. On Sunday 30th January 1972 a peaceful civil rights march against internment (imprisonment without trial), organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) ended with 13 marchers shot dead and 15 wounded. It became known throughout the world as Bloody Sunday. Told primarily from the perspective of the Derry community, juxtaposed with the British Army/state's preparations and reaction to the day, Sunday communicates the forensic and emotional truth of what happened
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-28
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Four Days in July
Overview: Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-29
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Calm with Horses
Overview: In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-13
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The Playboy of the Western World
Overview: A story of love, rivalry and betrayal – Synge’s best-known work is a must-see from this multi-award winning company.' Synge’s great comic masterpiece tells the story of Christy Mahon, who stumbles into a public house in County Mayo claiming he has killed his father and so capturing the romantic attention of the daughter of the house, Pegeen Mike. Performed at Donmar Warehouse in London's Covent Garden by the Druid Theatre Company of Galway, Ireland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-14
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Hedda Gabler
Overview: Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-27
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Room Taken
Overview: When a man, new to Ireland, experiences homelessness and needs a place to sleep, he secretly takes up residence in the home of an elderly blind woman, which leads to them forming a unique bond.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-11
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Up Line
Overview: Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deploying their skills as entertainers, only to eventually discover the sinister purpose behind the Pathway organization.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-04
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The Ballroom of Romance
Overview: A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Who Bombed Birmingham?
Overview: Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-22
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Maeve
Overview: Maeve returns home to Belfast after a long absence. Her arrival in the city stimulates a series of memories of childhood and adolescence both in herself and other people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-02
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National Theatre Live: Dixon and Daughters
Overview: Mary has just been released from prison. She wants to come home and forget all about it but Briana has other ideas. Over a tumultuous two days a family is forced to confront not just their past but themselves. Because even if you refuse to hear the truth, the truth doesn’t go away. Róisín McBrinn returns to Clean Break (Favour) to direct this powerful story of family and forgiveness by Deborah Bruce (The House They Grew Up In). A co-production from National Theatre and Clean Break.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-14
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'Itch
Overview: A lone hitch hiker, marooned near a housing estate, has a dramatic effect on the lives of those around him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-23
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Ghostwatch
Overview: For Halloween 1992, the BBC decides to broadcast an investigation into the supernatural, hosted by TV chat-show legend Michael Parkinson. Parky (assisted by Mike Smith, Sarah Greene & Craig Charles) and a camera crew attempt to discover the truth behind the most haunted house in Britain. This ground-breaking live television experiment does not go as planned, however.
Genres: Horror Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-31
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Brooklyn
Overview: In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-20
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Felicia's Journey
Overview: Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks unsettling secret.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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A Coming to Terms for Billy
Overview: Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his 'English woman', Mavis. How will the family - particularly Billy - react? And has she achieved the impossible in mellowing the man? Third in the trilogy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-21
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A Matter of Choice for Billy
Overview: Belfast 1978: the Martin family, a year on. Norman is away in England, and his eldest son, Billy, and daughter, Lorna, are in charge of their younger sisters, Ann and Maureen. Second in the trilogy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-10
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Florence Foster Jenkins
Overview: The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-06
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Topsy-Turvy
Overview: After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-15
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Too Late to Talk to Billy
Overview: Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son. First in a multi-year trilogy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-16
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Anne Devlin
Overview: The story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-01
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Excalibur
Overview: A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately, his death.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-10
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Lorna
Overview: In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-02
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James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Overview: Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-02
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The Truth Commissioner
Overview: Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a peacemaker, the Prime Minister urges a commission following the South African model of Truth and Reconciliation. But, though Stanfield starts bravely, he quickly uncovers some bloody and inconvenient truths about those now running the country; truths which none of those in power are prepared to have revealed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-26
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Words Upon the Window Pane
Overview: In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient quarrel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-10
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Tell Tale Hearts
Overview: Anthony Steadman, a child murderer, is being released from prison after 17 years. Sally McCann, a mother whose child disappeared around the time of the original murders, pursues Steadman. Also on his trail is Becky Wilson, a local radio reporter, for whom the case brings back ghosts from her own past.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-01
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Lost Lives
Overview: This poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-10
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Stalker
Overview: In the remote Scottish Highlands an aging stalker sets his wits and grit against a poacher who is taking the heads of his best stags.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-30
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Trojan Eddie
Overview: Trojan Eddie sells stolen goods for John Power, aging godfather of a local network of Irish gypsies, known as "travelers." Having done time rather than inform on his partner in a failed burglary, Eddie now struggles to raise his two daughters alone. Power falls for and marries traveler girl Kathleen, but when she runs off with Power's nephew Dermot — and takes the $11,000 dowry with her — Eddie must track the couple down.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-09
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Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story of Henry’s campaign to recapture the English possessions in France. But the ambitions of this charismatic king are challenged by a host of vivid characters caught up in the real horrors of war. Henry V, which opened the new Globe with the words ‘O for a muse of fire’, celebrates the power of language to summon into life courts, pubs, ships and battlefields within the ‘wooden O’ - and beyond.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-02
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Phoenix
Overview: Anton is about to lose the two most important women in his life but it takes the story of the king's son to make him face his fate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2020-01-21
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Aontas
Overview: Three unlikely women rob a rural Irish Credit Union. A backwards chronology unravels what went wrong.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ga
Release Date: 2025-02-12
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