Michael Whyte directs Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland and John Lynch in this on-location Irish countryside TV movie about about two middle aged, damaged people coming together while “The Troubles” threaten their dour but idyllic existence.

Minor Don’t Look Now reunion. Only this time with some rather choice accent work. They even have a nice bit of sex. This has a rather basic understanding of how the IRA operated and uses the organisation as an exotic backdrop for a rather Eighties literary romance. Still, nice to see the old humpers back together in winter wear even if not much else comes from it.

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Perfect Double Bill: Some Mother’s Son (1996)

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