A Nightingale Falling

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A Nightingale Falling
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Directed byGarret Daly
Martina McGlynn
Written byGarret Daly
Martina McGlynn
Story byPj Curtis
Produced byGarret Daly
Martina McGlynn
Gerry Burke
Pj Curtis
StarringTara Breathnach
Muireann Bird
Gerard McCarthy
Brian Fortune
Elliot Moriarty
Andy Kellegher
Rosemary Henderson
Michael James Ford
Mark Tankersley
Blathnaid Ryan
Maura Clancy
Derek O'Sullivan
CinematographyGarret Daly
Edited byJames Daly
Music byGraeme Stewart
Production
company
Mixed Bag Media
Distributed byGreat Movies
Release date
  • 12 September 2014 (2014-09-12)(Ireland)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish

A Nightingale Falling is a 2014 Irish film set during the Irish War of Independence based on the 2012 novel by PJ Curtis. Directed by Garret Daly and Martina McGlynn, and written by Daly, the film stars Tara Breathnach, Muireann Bird and Gerard McCarthy. The story concerns two sisters who care for a wounded soldier. The film was released in Irish cinemas in September 2014, [1] and received its Irish television premiere on UTV Ireland on Easter Sunday, 5 April 2015. [2]

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References

  1. steven (2 April 2015). "'A Nightingale Falling' at Newport Beach Film Festival". film IRELAND. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. Brosnan, Seán (30 March 2015). "'A Nightingale Falling' to air on UTV Ireland on Easter Sunday". The Irish Film and Television Network. Retrieved 31 March 2015.