RUS
1999Drama2h 25m

Angela's Ashes

The hopes of a mother. The dreams of a father. The fate of a child.

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.

Information

StatusReleased
Original Languageen
Budget$50,000,000
Revenue$13,042,112

Keywords

emigrationirish-americanhungersocially deprived familyrainfaminealcoholismpovertybased on memoir or autobiographyirelandbrooklyn, new york cityalcoholic fatherdead childrenirish catholic1930slife in the slumsdrunkardchildren in needirishlimerickrainy setting

Production

Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Scott Rudin Productions
Scott Rudin Productions