When Brendan Met Trudy

Dec 14, 2000

1h 35m

★ 4.0

Overview

Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in his life -- the movies. That is until he meets Trudy, a woman who is gregarious and adventurous beyond his imagination. His entire persona changes as he becomes enveloped in her carefree and sometimes dangerous world.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

BBC Film

Collins Avenue

RTÉ

Deadly Films

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Cast

Brendan

Peter McDonald

Trudy

Flora Montgomery

Nuala

Pauline McLynn

Niall

Don Wycherley

Edgar

Maynard Eziashi

Siobhan

Eileen Walsh

Headmaster

Barry Cassin

Judge

Niall O'Brien

Lynn

Rynagh O'Grady

Mary

Ali White

Female Choristor

Julie Hale

Male Choristor

Chris McHallem

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