This Is My Father

This Is My Father

A Journey of the Heart.

1999•1h 59m•5.4/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.4/10(12)

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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Production

Hummingbird Communications, Filmline International, Father Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

Kieran O'Day

James Caan

James Caan

Kieran Johnson

Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea

Mission Priest

John Cusack

John Cusack

Eddie Sharp

Jacob Tierney

Jacob Tierney

Jack

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

Seamus

Donal Donnelly

Donal Donnelly

John Maney

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

Garda Jim

John Kavanaugh

Liam Finneran

Eamon Morrissey

Father Mooney

Maria McDermottroe

Maria McDermottroe

Mrs. Maney

Gina Moxley

Gina Moxley

Widow Flynn

Moya Farrelly

Moya Farrelly

Fiona Flynn

Moira Deady

Mrs. Kearney

Susan Almgren

Susan Almgren

Betty

Pauline Hutton

Maria

Fiona Glascott

Fiona Glascott

Nuala

Françoise Graton

Françoise Graton

Old Fiona

Joel Gordon

Joel Gordon

Brian Winters

Alexandra Spunt

Female Student

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