Circle of Friends 1995  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Minnie Driver, Chris O'Donnell, Saffron Burrows, Alan Cumming, Colin Firth, Geraldine O'Rawe, Aidan Gillen, Mick Lally, Britta Smith, John Kavanagh, Ruth McCabe, Ciaran Hinds, Marie Mullen, Marie Conmee, Tony Doyle
In 1957, close friends Benny (Minnie Driver), Eve (Geraldine O'Rawe), and Nan (Saffron Burrows) attend Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Unlike her friends, Benny must live at home and commute to school because her strict parents will not allow her to live on campus. The first day of school, Benny meets Jack (Chris O'Donnell), and they are attracted to each other but have problems because every night Benny must return home where she wards off the advances of her father's assistant Sean (Alan Cumming). Meanwhile, Nan falls for Simon (Colin Firth) who gets her pregnant and then dumps her. Nan plans to get Jack drunk and then claim that he is the father. Eve, who has fallen for Aidan (Aidan Gillen), catches on to Nan's plot and reveals all, which allows Jack and Benny to continue their romance.
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A Man of No Importance 1994 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Suri Krishnamma
Cast: Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Tara Fitzgerald, Rufus Sewell, Patrick Malahide, David Kelly, Mick Lally, Anna Manahan, Joe Pilkington
Repressed homosexual Alfie Byrne (Albert Finney), a Dublin bus conductor fixates on Oscar Wilde plays, puts on local productions, and is on a collision course with his moment of self-acceptance of what his life is really about.
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The Secret of Roan Inish 1994  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Jeni Courtney, Richard Sheridan, Cillian Byrne, Mick Lally, Eileen Colgan, John Lynch, Pat Slowey, Dave Duffy, Declan Hannigan, Micheal MacCarthaigh, Fergal McElherron, Brendon Conroy
Based on Rosalie Fry's novel centered on 10-year-old orphan Fiona (Jeni Courtney), the story is about how she lives with her grandparents (Mick Lally and Eileen Colgan) on the northwest coast of Ireland. In a tragic accident, her baby brother was swept out to sea and drowned–or did he?
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| 1. Circle of Friends (1995)
2. A Man of No Importance (1994)
3. The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
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