Quintessentially Irish
[Plays Apr. 5 part of AARP's Movies for Grownups and available on Amazon Prime Video and various VOD platforms.] Wonderful cinematography and scenery highlight Frank Mannion's compelling, fascinating, informative, insightful, 2-hour documentary that focuses on talented, legendary, Irish actor Pierce Brosnan who talks about his life growing up in Ireland with his grandparents and divorced nurse mother and explores what it is to be Irish through archival photographs and film clips and candid interview snippets with actors (such as Siobhán McSweeney, A. J. Buckley, Ciarán Hinds, Stephen Hogan, James Martin, John C. Reilly, Brendam Gleason, Ann-Marie Duff, Niamh Algar, Andrew Scott, Sinéad Cusack, and Jeremy Irons), Jamaican runner Usain Bolt, Irish president Michael D. Higgins, singer and actor Jessie Buckley, writers and actors Sharon Hogan and Amy Huberman, sommelier Lisa O'Doherty, radio presenter Thomas Crosse, singer/songwriter and political activist Bob Geldof, Myrtle Restaurant owner and head chef Anna Haugh, Pace Sports Management CEO and sports agent Ricky Simms, filmmaker Randal Plunkett, the Networking Institute Kingsley Aikins, HSH Prince Albert of Monaco, retired ambassador and author Daniel Mulhall, students (such as Mia Keane, Abbie Riobdan, Hazel Ye, Gabrielle Rigby, Shannon O'Riordan, Holly Sheridan, Aleks Golanska, Youri Leng-Nijo, and Alice Moran), directors (such as Kathryn Ferguson, Colm Bairéad, and Ross White), producer Cleona Ní Chrualaoí, broadcasters (such as Áine Lawlor, Marty Morrisey, and Riyadh Khalaf), President Joe Biden, lawyer Grainne Duffy, Chateau Ly ch-Bages co-owner Kinou Cazes-Hachemian, St. Patrick's Parade grand marshal Catherina Casey, master blender Alex Thomas, London mayor Sadiq Khan, Trinity College professor and business studies chair Andrew Burke, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, medical student Sophia Lavery, the Little Museum of Dublin tour guide and student Sean McDermott, the Princess Grace Irish Library director Paula Farquharson, entrepreneur Dr. Michael Smurfit, Hugh Lane Gallery trustee Emma Dabiri, Romero Games co-owner John Romero, Irish Derby winning trainer Aidan O'Brien, Grand National winning jockey Rachael Blackmore, Coolmore Stud owner John Magnier, wine lovers Capucine Partimbene and Fleur Gonnot, Château Léoville Barton owner Lilian Barton Sartorius, Château Phélan Ségur owner Véronique Dausse, Les Vins De Graves director Sandrine Chamfrault, photographer Enguerand Larche, the Iveagh Trust chairman Rory Guinness, and insurance broker Alan Gaston.
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