The Ballroom of Romance (7.4)

Movie · 1982 · 52 min · Romance, Drama, TV Movie

In County Leitrim in the 1950s, Bridie has been attending the local dance hall for years in the hope of finding a good husband who can help work her family's farm. Now surrounded by younger, prettier women at the dances, she comes to the realisation that all the good men of her generation have emigrated or have been spoken for, and her only remaining hope for marriage is with the alcoholic and unreliable Bowser Egan.

Directed by: Pat O'Connor

Starring Brenda Fricker, John Kavanagh, Cyril Cusack, Niall Tóibín, Brid Brennan, Mick Lally, Ingrid Craigie, Joe Pilkington, Pat Leavy, Robert Carrickford

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