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Black '47 (2018)

Black '47 (2018)

Drama

In Ireland’s darkest hour vengeance shines a light

Release Date: 2018, September 5
Directors: Lance Daly
Countries: Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg
Production: Fastnet Films, Primeridian Entertainment, Samsa Film, uMedia, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Wild Atlantic Pictures
Cast: Hugo Weaving, Barry Keoghan, Laurence O'Fuarain, James Frecheville, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Rea, Freddie Fox, Dermot Crowley, Sarah Greene, Andrew Bennett, John Cronin, Keith McErlean

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

murder revenge poverty genocide famine 19th century starvation army veteran manhunt desertion tenant ireland irish landlord tenant relationship british crimes severed head bad landlord firing squad british occupation connemara irish great potato famine (1845-52) 1840s