The Run of the Country

  • Drama
  • Romance
9/22/1995
109
R

Sometimes, the most daring step to freedom is out the front door.

An Irish lad who fled from his oppressive, widowed father falls for a girl from an affluent family.

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  • Wuchak

    Coming of age in rural Ireland

    Near the border of Northern Ireland, an 18 year-old named Danny (Matt Keeslar) leaves home after the death of his mother due to friction with his gruff father, a local cop, (Albert Finney). Danny moves in with his free-spirited friend, Cocoa (Anthony Brophy), and learns the ropes of manhood, including a relationship with a girl from across the border, Annagh (Victoria Smurfit). When crises strike he finally comes to understand some things.

    Peter Yates' "The Run of the Country" (1995) is an obscure picture only available on VHS, which isn't relevant in the modern days of streaming. Yet gazillions of people have seen the poster for the movie at a cinema in the 1995 episode of Seinfeld "The Pool Guy" ...

    April 6, 2020

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