Stella Days | |
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Directed by | Thaddeus O'Sullivan |
Screenplay by | Corinne Le Hong |
Story by | Michael Doorley |
Produced by | Noëlette Buckley Finn Gjerdrum Stein B. Kvae Jackie Larkin Lesley McKimm Thaddeus O'Sullivan Maggie Pope Meinolf Zurhorst |
Starring | Martin Sheen Stephen Rea Trystan Gravelle Milly Plunkett Tom Hickey Joey O'Sullivan Amy Huberman |
Cinematography | John Christian Rosenlund |
Edited by | Dermot Diskin |
Music by | Nicholas Hooper |
Distributed by | Tribeca Film |
Release dates | |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Ireland |
Language | English |
Budget | $3,500,000 US [2] |
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