The Poor Mouth

Jul 16, 2017

0h 33m

★ 7.0

Overview

An animated adaptation of Flann O’ Brien’s acclaimed 1941 novel in Irish. A biting satire on the highly popular Gaeltacht autobiographies of the time and widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish-language novels of the 20th century.

Genres

Animation

Comedy

Production Companies

De Facto Film and Video

Raw Nerve Productions

TG4

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Cast

O'Cunasa

Owen McDonnell

Martin O'Bannasa

Tommy Tiernan

The Old Grey Fellow

Donncha Crowley

The President

Bob Quinn

Policeman / School boy / Feis Speakers

Pádraig O'Grady

Schoolchildren (various) (voice)

Luke O'Grady

O'Cunas Og

Seán Mistéal

Drunken Pig

Mícheál Ó Meallaigh

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