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Blackwater Lightship (The)
- Director: John Erman
- Writer: Shane Connaughton; Colm Toibin
- Producer: John Erman; Andrew Gottlieb
CGiii Comment
Erman is no stranger to this sublect matter - HIV/AIDS...
Here, three generations battle, are battered and broken by the condition that breaks their brother, son and grand-son....
It's a TV movie with sentimentality at its core...but, with the mighty talents of Wiest and Lansbury, that sentimentality becomes a battleground of wit and will - played to perfection against the tragic and beautiful backdrop of AIDS and rural Ireland.
Let your tears run freely.
No trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
When his AIDS reaches the terminal stages, gay Declan Kehoe returns to his Irish coastal home, or actually grandma's, near a lightship site. Caring boyfriends help him and his wining female relatives deal with unresolved family issues as well as his physical syndrome.
Cast & Characters
Dianne Wiest as Lily;
Gina McKee as Helen;
Keith McErlean as Declan;
Angela Lansbury as Dora;
Marijka Bardin as Young Helen;
Sean Campion as Michael Breen;
Barry Cassin as Fr. Griffin;
Angela Harding as Mrs. Byrne;
Laura Hughes as Anne;
Ruth McCabe as Dr. Louise;
Frank McCusker as Harry;
Maria McDermottroe as Madge Kehoe;
Dearbhla Molloy as Essie Kehoe;
Brian F. O'Byrne as Larry;
Kevin O'Dwyer as Young Declan