Lamb

Oct 10, 1986

1h 50m

★ 5.5

Overview

Michael Lamb is a Father questioning his calling, in a Reform School in Ireland. When young epileptic runaway Eoin is sent to the school, the two recognise kindred spirits and escape to London together. With the police on their tail and the money running out however, Lamb is forced to make some terrible decisions.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Flickers Limehouse

Film4 Productions

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Cast

Michael Lamb

Liam Neeson

Owen Kane

Hugh O'Conor

Brother Benedict

Ian Bannen

Priest

Harry Towb

Mrs. Kane

Frances Tomelty

Maguire

Ian McElhinney

Brother Fintan

Ronan Wilmot

Mr. Lamb

Denis Carey

Neighbour Woman

Eileen Kennally

O'Donnell

David Gorry

Murphy

Andrew Pickering

O'Holloran

Stuart O'Connor

In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings.

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