Under the Hawthorn Tree

Overview

Ireland, 1845, and the potato crop has failed, bringing terrible hunger and plague. Everywhere people are dying or emigrating. The family of young Eily, Michael and Peggy, around whom this story revolves, does not escape. Their baby sister dies and is buried under a hawthorn tree. Their mother leaves them alone to go in search of their father. The children are determined to avoid certain death in the workhouse, where the poor are sent. So they set off on the dangerous journey across Ireland to find their great-aunts, Nano and Lena, whom they have only heard about in their mother’s stories.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 1, 1998

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

Ireland

Production

Young Irish Filmmakers

Cast

Collette Browne,Kevin Hanrahan,Oisin Bourke,Richie Burke,Brendan Corcoran,Aine Brennan,Lorcan Brennan,Liane Murphy,John Cleere,Liam Conwayand 10 more

Director

Siobhan Lyons,Bronagh Murphy

Writer

Mike Kelly,Marita Conlon-McKenna,Gabriel Murray

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0303170