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📅 2018 ⏱ 1h 40min R Released FHD / 4K

Black '47

"In Ireland’s darkest hour vengeance shines a light"

Drama

In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.

🎬 DirectorLance Daly

📅 Release2018-09-05

🌍 CountryBelgium, Ireland, Luxembourg

🗣 LanguageIrish, English

🏢 StudioFastnet Films, Primeridian Entertainment, Samsa Film

🗳 Votes326

🔥 Popularity3

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🎭 Cast

Hugo Weaving

Hannah

James Frecheville

Feeney

Stephen Rea

Conneely

Freddie Fox

Pope

Barry Keoghan

Hobson

Moe Dunford

Fitzgibbon

Sarah Greene

Ellie

Jim Broadbent

Lord Kilmichael

Dermot Crowley

Bolton

Ruairí Heading

Coyne

Aidan McArdle

Cronin

Fiach Kunz

D'Arcy

Julian Nest

Durkan

Brandon Maher

Mícheál Óg

Ciaran Grace

O Sé

🎥 Crew

Director Lance Daly

Writer Pierce Ryan

Writer P.J. Dillon

Producer Macdara Kelleher

Director of Photography Declan Quinn

Original Music Composer Brian Byrne

Production Design Waldemar Kalinowski

Editor John Walters

Producer Tim O'Hair

Producer Arcadiy Golubovich

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🏷 Keywords

desertionfaminerevengemurdertenantsevered headpovertygenocideirelandfiring squadbad landlordlandlord tenant relationship

💬 Reviews

tmdb66259745 ⭐ 7/10

Excellent, thought provoking film and actually very well balanced.…

Joe ⭐ 3/10

Awful! Bad acting, casting of an Australian as the main character when it's about a big part of Irish history, implausible moments, and an all-round mockery of the greatest tragedy in Irish history. Shameful!…

Stephen Campbell ⭐ 8/10

**_Not really the Famine film we were promised, but still a decent thriller_** > _A mother's heart was marble-clad, her eye was fierce and wild,/A hungry Demon lurked therein, while gazing on her child./The mother-love was warm and true; the Want was long withstood -/Strength failed at last; she gorged the flesh - the offspring of her blood._ - Anonymous; "Thanatos, 1849" I'm not going to…