Dancing at Lughnasa (film)

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Dancing at Lughnasa
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pat O'Connor
Screenplay by	Frank McGuinness
Based on	Dancing at Lughnasa 1991 play by Brian Friel
Produced by	Noel Pearson
Starring	Meryl Streep Michael Gambon Catherine McCormack Kathy Burke Bríd Brennan Sophie Thompson Rhys Ifans
Cinematography	Kenneth MacMillan
Edited by	Humphrey Dixon
Music by	Bill Whelan
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics (United States) FilmFour Distributors (United Kingdom)[1]
Release date	13 November 1998 (1998-11-13)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Ireland United States
Language	English
Box office	$2,361,632

Dancing at Lughnasa is a 1998 Irish-British-American period drama film adapted from the 1990 Brian Friel play Dancing at Lughnasa, directed by Pat O'Connor.

The film competed in the Venice Film Festival of 1998. It won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a Female Role by Brid Brennan. It was also nominated for six other awards, including the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Feature Film and the Best Actress Award for Meryl Streep.