The Ballroom of Romance is a 1982 film directed by Pat O'Connor, based on a short story by William Trevor, set in rural Ireland in the 1950s,
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Directed by | Pat O'Connor |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | Ireland |
Language | English |
Bridie has been attending the local dance hall for years in the hope of finding a good husband who can help work her family's farm. Now surrounded by younger prettier women at the dances, she comes to the realization that all the good men of her generation have emigrated or have been spoken for; and her only remaining hope for marriage is with the alcoholic and unreliable Bowser Egan.
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Brenda Fricker | Bridie |
John Kavanagh | Bowser Egan |
Mick Lally | Dano Ryan |
Niall Toibin | Eyes Horgan |
Joe Pilkington | Tim Daly |
Brid Brennan | Patty Byrne |
Ingrid Craigie | Eenie Mackie |
Cyril Cusack | Mr. Dwyer |
Almost all of the production personnel involved in the BBC/RTÉ co-production ‘Ballroom of Romance’ came from the BBC, along with Producer Kenith Trodd.
The RTÉ participation in the production consisted of Director Pat O’Connor and Editor Maurice Healy. The post-production (Editing) was carried out at RTÉ in Dublin, in early 1982.
Sound mixing was done at BBC Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd’s Bush, London. Rank Film Laboratories in Denham supplied the film prints for the television broadcasts.
Extras were from the locals from within the Ballycroy area.
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