This Is My Father

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This Is My Father

"A Journey of the Heart."

1999

1h 59m

5.4(12 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, he looks to his mother for answers. When she refuses to provide any, Kieran travels to Ireland.

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43 members

Acting

Aidan Quinn

Kieran O'Day

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James Caan

Kieran Johnson

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Stephen Rea

Mission Priest

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John Cusack

Eddie Sharp

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Jacob Tierney

Jack

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Colm Meaney

Seamus

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Donal Donnelly

John Maney

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Brendan Gleeson

Garda Jim

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John Kavanaugh

Liam Finneran

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Eamon Morrissey

Father Mooney

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Maria McDermottroe

Mrs. Maney

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Gina Moxley

Widow Flynn

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Moya Farrelly

Fiona Flynn

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Moira Deady

Mrs. Kearney

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Susan Almgren

Betty

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Pauline Hutton

Maria

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Fiona Glascott

Nuala

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Françoise Graton

Old Fiona

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Joel Gordon

Brian Winters

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Alexandra Spunt

Female Student

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Victoria Sanchez

Female Student

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Terrence Scammell

Chicago Radio DJ

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Pat Leavy

Woman Farmer

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Aiden Condron

Bartender

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Peadar Lamb

Man in Pub

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Sean Madden

Man in Pub

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Pat Shortt

Garda Ben

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Sheila Flitton

Mrs. Madigan

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Nevan Finegan

Petie Madigan

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Oran Finnegan

Davey Madigan

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Karen Ardiff

Young Mrs. Kearney

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Michael Byrne

Michael Finnegan

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Marian Quinn

Concepta

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Michael West

Nosey Nolan

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Michael K. DeVaney

Young Suitor

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Karl Hayden

Town Lad

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Gavin O'Connor

Town Lad

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Kieran Hanrahan

Band Leader

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Frank O'Dwyer

Dance Chaperone

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Andrew Bennett

Mr. Kearney

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Devon Murray

Christy

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Brendan Conroy

Undertaker

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Gary Merrigan

Child Finnegan

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