This Is My Father Trailer
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- Release Date: 1999
- Runtime: 119 min
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Starring: James Caan, Jacob Tierney, Colm Meaney, Moira Deady ... see all
- Director: Paul Quinn
- Plot: A middle-aged teacher discovers photos from his mother's past that convinces him that she has not told the truth about his real father. Venturing into Ireland where he believes his... Read more
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| May 07, 1999The New York Times
In its heartfelt, slightly awkward way, ''This is My Father'' means to be as evocative as the romantic old photograph that sets it in motion.
Written and directed with obvious sincerity by Paul Quinn, ''This is My Father'' casts a glum James Caan as an Irish-American in search of his roots, with Jacob Tierney as his engaging nephew.
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| May 06, 1999Los Angeles Times
This Is My Father" is a rewarding film of healing and a most personal, impassioned work on the part of Paul, Aidan and Declan Quinn.
He is further depressed over his mother, Fiona (Francoise Graton), being felled by a stroke, left bedridden and mute, in the care of his hard-pressed divorced sister, Betty (Susan Almgren), who has a troubled teenage son, Jack (Jacob Tierney).
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Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie V
Aidan Quinn gives one the better, more understated performances of his career as Kieran O'Day, a simple but passionate farmer.
The story unfolds like a 1930's "Romeo & Juliet," and is packed with exquisite period detail.
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The Flick Filosopher
Also notable is the fresh, heartfelt, evocative score by traditional musician Donal Lunny.
Quinn is at his best as Kieran -- hunched in on himself and soft-spoken, he's spot on as an Irish farmer.
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Film Journal International
The rest of the film zigzags-with great ease-between 1939 and 1999, as the old lady goes into flashbacks.
This Is My Father does stand out nicely in a crowded field of Irish flicks that have suddenly come to market.
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THIS IS MY FATHER
urbancinefile.com.au –
2008-09-07
SYNOPSIS: Kieran Johnson (James Caan) is a lonely and disillusioned high school teacher in Chicago, who discovers an old photo that launches him on a quest for his Irish family roots - a search for his father's history, back in... ... Full Article
`This Is' a Movie That Needs to Lighten Up
sfgate.com –
1999-05-28
If it depicted the wholesale destruction of species, the death of all beauty or the end of life as we know it, the film might have been more depressing. But maybe not. As we all know, with movies there are ... Full Article
In This Is My Father James Caan plays Kieran, an Irish-American schoolteacher who goes on a hunt for his roots. He travels to Ireland with his restless teenage nephew Jack (Jacob Tierney). They stay in a bed-and-breakfast run by Colm ... Full Article
U.S. Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics For first-time filmmaker Paul Quinn, This Is My Father is clearly a family affair in more than one sense of the term. ... Full Article
Yeah, it was almost a year ago that we started showing it at the Seattle Film Festival.The first time we showed it in public, they slotted it for the closing night film in a 700-seat house. ... Full Article
Paul Quinn scripted and made his directorial debut with this period drama about middle-aged schoolteacher Kieran Johnson ( James Caan ), who finds evidence indicating that his real father was an Irish farmer and not a French seaman as he... ... Full Article