Maria McDermottroe

Maria McDermottroe

Movies for Maria McDermottroe...

The Martini Shot
Title: The Martini Shot
Character: Ethel
Released: September 27, 2023
Type: Movie
This existential comedic drama follows an ailing film director as he begins to shoot what he believes to be his final work of art. What starts out as a normal film for him changes dramatically as the deterioration of his health progresses. The result being a fascinating exploration of mortality and one’s profound effect on the world.
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The Winter Lake
Title: The Winter Lake
Character: Tessie
Released: October 1, 2020
Type: Movie
When Holly’s dark secret is accidentally uncovered by her new emotionally unstable neighbor Tom, they are pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep the secret hidden.
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Secret of the Cave
Title: Secret of the Cave
Character: Mrs. MacIntyre
Released: September 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A young American boy spends his summer in Ireland and solves the mystery that captivates the entire village. Driven by curiosity and his own search for meaning in life, he faces his fears and discovers the Secret of the Cave.
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The Blackwater Lightship
Title: The Blackwater Lightship
Character: Madge Kehoe
Released: February 4, 2004
Type: Movie
A man in the final stages of AIDS is cared for by his sister and mother and grandmother.
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Veronica Guerin
Title: Veronica Guerin
Character: Geraldine Gilligan
Released: July 11, 2003
Type: Movie
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
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Give Up Yer Aul Sins
Title: Give Up Yer Aul Sins
Character: Teacher (voice)
Released: June 5, 2002
Type: Movie
A schoolgirl offers a spirited and somewhat unconventional retelling of the story of John the Baptist. Give Up Yer Aul Sins is an Academy Award® nominated short film.
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The Bombmaker
Title: The Bombmaker
Character: Miss O'Mara
Released: April 8, 2001
Type: Movie
Expert IRA bomb-maker turned police informant Andrea Hayes retires and starts a new life after four school-children are killed by one of her bombs. Ten years later, her blissful home life shattered when her daughter, Katie, is abducted from her bedroom in the dead of night. Andrea later discovers a ransom note, instructing her to leave her husband Martin and fly to London by herself. It also states that if the police are contacted, she and Martin will never see Katie again. In the hope of being reunited with Katie, Andrea obeys orders and follows instructions to meet with the kidnappers. Back in Dublin, Martin is powerless to help and becomes frantic with worry when he learns from Andrea that no ransom demand has been made, and that the kidnappers' request is something much more dangerous.
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Angela's Ashes
Title: Angela's Ashes
Character: Bridey Hannon
Released: December 25, 1999
Type: Movie
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the IRA, and when he does find money, he spends the money on drink.
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This Is My Father
Title: This Is My Father
Character: Mrs. Maney
Released: May 7, 1999
Type: Movie
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, he looks to his mother for answers. When she refuses to provide any, Kieran travels to Ireland.
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The Boxer
Title: The Boxer
Character: Betty
Released: December 31, 1997
Type: Movie
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
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Bogwoman
Title: Bogwoman
Released: June 13, 1997
Type: Movie
Bogwoman charts the experiences of a woman who moves to the city from Donegal in 1958. Down the years she copes with various personal and familiy pressures against the background of the emerging civil unrest and the redeployment of British troops into the area.
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Trojan Eddie
Title: Trojan Eddie
Character: Rosy
Released: September 9, 1996
Type: Movie
Trojan Eddie sells stolen goods for John Power, aging godfather of a local network of Irish gypsies, known as "travelers." Having done time rather than inform on his partner in a failed burglary, Eddie now struggles to raise his two daughters alone. Power falls for and marries traveler girl Kathleen, but when she runs off with Power's nephew Dermot — and takes the $11,000 dowry with her — Eddie must track the couple down.
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August Saturday
Title: August Saturday
Character: Angela
Released: December 29, 1990
Type: Movie
Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been a heavy secret to bear that, if discovered, would devastate those closest to her.
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Dear Sarah
Title: Dear Sarah
Character: Mrs Moore
Released: February 7, 1990
Type: Movie
Giuseppe Conlon and his son Gerry are convicted of an IRA bombing as part of the Maguire Seven in 1976. Giuseppe diligently writes his wife Sarah as she works to free her family members from prison.
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The Hen House
Title: The Hen House
Character: The Teacher
Released: September 6, 1989
Type: Movie
Lily lives on a remote smallholding in County Donegal. She keeps herself to herself. But a game of hide-and-seek exposes a secret.
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The Dead
Title: The Dead
Character: Molly Ivors
Released: September 3, 1987
Type: Movie
After a convivial holiday dinner party, things begin to unravel when a husband and wife address some prickly issues concerning their marriage.