Movie · Drama

Impressionable Irish teen Goretti Friel (Emer McCourt) begins a romance with an older boy named Ciarán (Michael Liebman). In love but naïve about such practical concerns as birth control, devoutly Roman Catholic Goretti ends up with an unwanted pregnancy. When Ciarán is jailed by the British army, and shows little desire from prison to uphold his parental responsibilities, the pressures of unanticipated motherhood begin to unravel the 15-year-old teen's emotional stability.

1989 · 1h 20m
Director Margo Harkin

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Hush-a-Bye Baby

Drama

Impressionable Irish teen Goretti Friel (Emer McCourt) begins a romance with an older boy named Ciarán (Michael Liebman). In love but naïve about such practical concerns as birth control, devoutly Roman Catholic Goretti ends up with an unwanted pregnancy. When Ciarán is jailed by the British army, and shows little desire from prison to uphold his parental responsibilities, the pressures of unanticipated motherhood begin to unravel the 15-year-old teen's emotional stability.

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Studio
2eleven music film
Released
1989
Run Time
1 hr 20 min
Rated
AL/G

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United Kingdom) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United Kingdom) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Italian (Italy) , Polish (Poland) , Spanish (Spain)