This Is My Father


This Is My Father is a 1998 IrishAmerican film directed by Paul Quinn. It tells the story of an Irish couple from the 30s and their son trying to find his roots.

The film is told as an interweaving of the nineties setting, where Kieran is hearing the story of his parents, and the events of the 1930s. Kieran Johnson grew into adulthood unaware of his parents story or of the tragic events that caused his mother to leave Ireland on her own while pregnant.The story highlights the issues of prejudice, classism, alcoholism and social and religious conservatism in rural 1930s Ireland. ........

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