An Irish Angel

Nov 20, 2022

1h 55m

★ 5.5

Some dreams save lives.

Overview

Aine is a secondary school girl from the wrong side of the tracks, who lives in Portrush, NI with her mother Margaret, who works as a cleaner for a local office, and her grandmother Agnes, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Empire Productions

Pulcinella Film

Northern Ireland Screen

One Stop Films

An Irish Angel Trailers

Cast

Aine

Niamh James

Father Luke Reitel

Julian Glover

Ellie

Jaime Winstone

Padraig

Baz Black

Esme Jackson

Leona Clarke

Corinna's Mum

Lauren Metcalfe

Corinna's Dad

Danny Patrick

Corinna Parkhouse

Ania Lee Lyes

Morning Girls

Lauren Staerck

The Strap / Guardian

Shane Robinson

Margaret

Amanda Doherty

Morning Girls

Emily Malkin

Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she returns to her father Tatsuro's home in Ishikawa Prefecture. She then begins to work at the local Mahoroba Clinic. She works with the clinic director Toru, Nurse Mayo and staff Seiji. Seiji, who worked with Sawako at the university hospital, followed her and works with her again. Mahoroba Clinic provides home healthcare to patients. Sawako visits the patients' homes and provides treatment there. At first, she has a hard time due to the different system. She becomes acclimated to the different system and finds a way to deal with the patients, their lives, and their families. --asianwiki

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