Cal

Name: Cal
Director: Pat O'Connor
Released: 1984-01-01

1984 Irish drama film

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Released: 1984
, May 31, 1985
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Director: Pat O'Connor
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0087019/Retrieved 2016-04-16
2.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=2224.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-16
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Screenwriter: Bernard MacLaverty
Producer: David Puttnam
Cast: John Lynch
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1.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=2224.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-16
2.imdb.com/title/tt0087019/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-16
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, Helen Mirren
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1.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=2224.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-16
2.imdb.com/title/tt0087019/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-16
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, Ray McAnally
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0087019/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-16
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, Donal McCann
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1.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=2224.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-16
2.imdb.com/title/tt0087019/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-16
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Runtime: 102 min
, 101 min
Genre: romance film
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2.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=2224.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-16
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, drama film
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Country of origin: United Kingdom
, Ireland

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Cal is a 1984 Irish drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring John Lynch and Helen Mirren. Based on the novella Cal (1983) written by Bernard MacLaverty, who also wrote the script, the film was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where Mirren won the award for Best Actress. Most of the movie was filmed in Drogheda in locations around the town, including Barrack Street and St. Finian's Park.

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Based on: Cal
Narrative location: Belfast
Main subject: The Troubles
Irish Republican Army
Title: Cal
After a work by: Bernard MacLaverty
Color: color
Costume designer: Penny Rose
Medierådet rating: Prohibited for children under 16
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CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 91%(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 11 critic review
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Cal”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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6.9/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Film format: 35 mm film
Australian Classification: M(since 1984) rating certificate id: 003089876D40 · distribution format: 35 mm film
Has characteristic: film based on a novel

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