This is the Sea (1997)
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Critic Reviews: 1
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 0
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Mary McGuckian wrote and directed this "Romeo and Juliet"-style story set in Northern Ireland after the 1994 cease fire. Young Hazel Stokes (Samantha Morton) is very much a part of her family's austere, rural Protestant way of life, and her family, despite the cease-fire, feels betrayed by the British. Her neighbor, Old Man Jacobs (Richard Harris) befriends Hazel and convinces her parents to let her go out more often. When Hazel and Jacobs attend a Belfast agricultural show, she meets young
Feb 16, 1999
Cast
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Samantha Morton
Hazel Stokes -
Ross McDade
Malachy McAliskey -
Richard Harris
Old Man Jacobs -
Gabriel Byrne
Rohan -
John Lynch
Padhar McAliskey -
Dearbhla Molloy
Ma Stokes -
Ian McElhinney
Da Stokes -
Marc O'Shea
Jef Stokes -
Stella McCusker
Ma McAliskey -
Mary McCuckian
Cathy -
Desmond McAleer
Inspector Wilson
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This Romeo and Juliet story set in Northern Ireland is a winner, with... newcomers Samantha Morton and Ross McDade carrying the day.
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