The Playboys
- Albert Finney: Constable Brendan Hegarty
- Aidan Quinn: Tom Casey
- Robin Wright: Tara Maguire
- Milo O'Shea: Freddie
- Alan Devlin: Malone
- Niamh Cusack: Brigid Maguire
- Ian McElhinney: Joe Cassidy
- Stella McCusker: Rachel
- Niall Buggy: Denzil
- Anna Livia Ryan: Vonnie
- Adrian Dunbar: Mick
The Playboys ( The Playboys ) is an American- Irish Drama by Gillies MacKinnon from the year 1992.
Action
The action takes place in 1957 in Ireland. The unmarried Tara Maguire is pregnant, which provides in her hometown for a scandal. It does not reveal who the father of the child; in particular, they can withstand the strong pressure that the local priest exerts on them.
The policeman Brendan Hegarty woos Maguire. He claims to be (rightly ), the father of the child. However, Tara rejects him, and when she falls in love with hiking artist Tom Casey, it comes to a violent confrontation between the two men. Casey's past life is also problematic. In the end, it seems logical that he and Tara together with child walk together to Dublin. Your Ferrieres target is the United States, whereupon Tara since the first encounter with Casey - 's after - he had been posing as Americans.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times from May 1, 1992, the film as " considerable charm " and " local color " on. Ebert would, however, wish the script would correspond to the visual and histrionic level of the film. The film is predictable.
The lexicon of the International film wrote that the film is " ultimately just a moody photographed melodrama ". He used " only in its infancy ," the " way to tackle problems of people between the desire for independence, desire for freedom, romantic longing and socially and morally prescribed behaviors ".
Awards
Gillies MacKinnon won the Audience Award at the Film Festival Würzburg International Film Weekend in 1993.
Background
The film was shot in Redhills Village in Ireland. He played in the cinemas of the United States an approximately 4.9 million U.S. dollars.