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The Snapper is a film of genre Drama directed by Stephen Frears released in USA on 24 november 1993 with Colm Meaney
The Snapper (1993)
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Add to a movie listThe Snapper is a 1993 Irish television film which was directed by Stephen Frears and starred Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney and Brendan Gleeson. The film is based on the novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, about the Rabbitte family and their domestic adventures.
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Young Sharon Curley becomes pregnant, but refuses to tell anyone who the father is. She decides to keep the baby ("snapper") and her family, each in their own way, eventually decides to support her. Her father particularly studies up on childbirth and female anatomy (with gratifying results for his wife as a bonus).Actors
Colm Meaney
(Dessie Curley)
Brendan Gleeson
(Lester)
Tom Murphy
(Pal #1)
Stanley Townsend
(Anaesthetist)
Birdy Sweeney
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