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Words Upon the Window Pane is a film of genre Drama directed by Mary McGuckian with Geraldine Chaplin
Words Upon the Window Pane (1994)
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Add to a movie listWords Upon the Window Pane is a 1994 Irish drama film and the directorial debut of Mary McGuckian. The film is based on William Butler Yeats' one-act play of the same name. Pat O'Connor was billed to direct the project but he personally offered McGuckian, who was writing the screenplay at the time, the opportunity to also direct. The film received its US premiere on 10 June 1994 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts as part of the largest retrospective of Irish film ever shown outside Ireland. In September that year, the film was screened at the 51st Venice International Film Festival.
Synopsis
In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient quarrel.Actors
Geraldine Chaplin
(Miss McKenna)
Ian William Richardson
(Dr. Trench)
Jim Sheridan
(Jonathan Swift / Dean Swift)
Geraldine James
(Mrs. Henderson)
Orla Brady
(Vanessa)
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