The Ballroom of Romance
1982
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Fools of Fortune Trailer. Working Title Films Based on the novel by William Trevor, the serene life of a well-to-do Irish family is shattered by the rebellions of the 1920s and '30s.
- 3 min
- 8.5K
- Amy-Joyce Hastings
Fools of Fortune is a 1990 Irish romantic drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and written by Michael Hirst based on the 1983 novel by Irish writer William Trevor. It depicts a Protestant family caught up in the conflict between the British Army and the IRA during the Irish War of Independence .
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army. This an intensely moving story of young love set in 1918 rural Ireland. We see how three generations of the same family are shattered by the Anglo-Irish conflict.
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- (3)
- Pat O'connor
- PG-13
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Brief Synopsis. After his family and ancestral home are destroyed by the British Army at the onset of the Irish war of independence, a withdrawn young man bides his time until he can exact revenge.
Based on a novel by William Trevor, Fools of Fortune is the story of how generations of one family is destroyed by the Anglo-Irish conflict. In 1918 Ireland, young Willie Quinton is the only son of the Qunintons, a land-owning Protestant…
Fools of Fortune is a 1990 Irish romantic drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and written by Michael Hirst based on the 1983 novel by Irish writer William Trevor. It depicts a Protestant family caught up in the conflict between the British Army and the IRA during the Irish War of Independence.
