(Under the Hawthorn Tree)

Content: Ireland, 1845, and the potato crop has failed, bringing terrible hunger and plague. Everywhere people are dying or emigrating. The family of young Eily, Michael and Peggy, around whom this story revolves, does not escape. Their baby sister dies and is buried under a hawthorn tree. Their mother leaves them alone to go in search of their father. The children are determined to avoid certain death in the workhouse, where the poor are sent. So they set off on the dangerous journey across Ireland to find their great-aunts, Nano and Lena, whom they have only heard about in their mother’s stories.

Countries:

Ireland

Genres:

Runtime:

90 minutes

Year:

1998

Directors:

Bronagh Murphy

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Production companies:

Young Irish Filmmakers

Actors:

Eily O'Driscoll

Michael O'Driscoll

Peggy O'Driscoll

Young Man at riot

British Child (2)

Crews:

Director

Director

Writer

Writer

Writer