The Last of the High Kings

Dec 6, 1996

1h 42m

★ 5.6

When school ends... and life begins.

Overview

It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer organising a beach party, having lustful thoughts about two girls he believes are unobtainable and fending off the advances from a visiting American family friend, all whilst coping with his oddball family.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Parallel Film Productions

Northolme

Nordisk Film Denmark

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Cast

Frankie Griffin

Jared Leto

Cathleen

Catherine O'Hara

Erin

Christina Ricci

Jack Griffin

Gabriel Byrne

Cab Driver

Stephen Rea

Jim Davern

Colm Meaney

Jayne Wayne

Lorraine Pilkington

Nelson Fitzgerald

Jason Barry

Romy Thomas

Emily Mortimer

Hopper Delaney

Karl Hayden

Noelie Griffin

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Maggie Griffin

Renee Weldon

The likeable and charming Vanda Karhanová has problems in every job because of her appearance. So when she is about to start a new job, she decides to decisively prevent similar problems. She adjusts and dresses in a way that men do not notice her and do not pay attention to her. She has no idea that she will cause even more problems for herself, and not only because she now bears an uncanny resemblance to the millionaire Czech-American Ruth Baretová, who ran away from home to avoid getting married. First, Vanda is mistakenly arrested and ends up in the police station, so she cannot return to work. At the factory, they suspect her of having disappeared with a large sum of money that they had entrusted to her to deposit in the bank. Then the whole situation is complicated by the arrival of the real Miss Baretová.

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