Cal
Cal is a 1984 Irish drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring John Lynch and Helen Mirren. Based on the novella Cal (1983) written by Bernard MacLaverty, who also wrote the script, the film was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where Mirren won the award for Best Actress. Most of the movie was filmed in Drogheda in locations around the town, including Barrack Street and St. Finian's Park.
Plot
Cal is a young member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1970s Northern Ireland. He acts as a driver on a nighttime murder of a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), which takes place at the victim's home in view of his father, who is also shot.
More details
| author | Bernard MacLaverty |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Belfast |
| director | Pat O'Connor |
| editor | Michael Bradsell |
| events | Irish Republican Army The Troubles |
| genre | drama political |
| keywords | abduct arrest british army catholic domineering mother irish catholics irish republican love affair loyalist new location northern ireland orange order protestant provisional irish republican army royal ulster constabulary shop sick father ulster loyalism |
| musicBy | Mark Knopfler |
| producer | David Puttnam Terence A. Clegg |
| productionCompany | Goldcrest Films |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures EMI Films Warner Bros. |
| theme | northern romantic drama |