Fools of Fortune
(UK)
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Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Iain Glen
Julie Christie
Michael Kitchen
Sean T. McClory
Niamii Cusack
The Irish war of independence is the starting point for the story [from the novel by William Trevor] of a family's destruction and the survival of an unlikely love. The Quinton family seem sheltered in their grand rural home until the British-employed soldiers, the Black and Tans, burn down the house. The only survivors of the massacre are Quinton's wife (Julie Christie), her son Willie (first, Sean T. McClory, and then as an adult, Iain Glen), and their maid (Niamii Cusack).
Willie becomes an introspective and withdrawn young man, while his mother becomes a manic depressive and chronic alcoholic, a role which Christie relishes in.
When Christie finally commits suicide, Willie is comforted by childhood playmate Marianne, who's grown into an exquisitely beautiful woman (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). Result of this comfort is a child.
(Color) Available on VHS, DVD. Extract of a review from 1990. Running time: 104 MIN.
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