The Shore

  • Drama
  • Comedy
2/10/2011
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Storyline

Two boyhood best friends are divided by 25 years of misunderstanding amidst the escalating conflict in Northern Ireland. The two boys’ lives take very different paths until Joe returns for the first time to his homeland with his 24-year-old daughter, Patricia. In his absence, Paddy married Joe’s former fiancée Mary. What happened all those years ago? Can old wounds be healed? The answer is hilarious and moving in equal parts.

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  • Geronimo1967

    Jim (Ciarán Hinds) arrives into Northern Ireland from San Francisco with his daughter Patricia (Kerry Condon) and heads towards his childhood home where Paddy (Conleth Hill) is eking out an existence balancing his welfare payments with the proceeds from some illicit shellfishing with his pals on the local shore. Whilst they are taking in the view, Jim explains to Patricia just how the relationship with Paddy started and how, after a bit of girlfriend issues and with the arrival of the troubles, it all ended. Twenty five years have passed since and the question is: can they reconcile or is it all too late? Its probably ten minutes too long this, but it does liven up nicely towards the end as Paddy mistakes his new visitor, from afar, for the...

    February 22, 2025

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