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Cal

5.8(39)19841h 42m2

Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • 1970s
  • ira (irish republican army)
  • ireland
  • guilt
  • belfast, north ireland
  • older woman younger man relationship
  • irish

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Director

Pat O'Connor

Produced in

Ireland, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR24 Aug 1984
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival15 May 1984
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1524 Aug 1984
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTR18+7 Sept 2007

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Cal was released on 24 August 1984.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    6/14/2025

    6/10

    Catholic “Cal” (John Lynch) lives with his father (Donal McCann) in an overwhelmingly Protestant area under constant threat of being burned out. They are determined not to be forced from their home, even when things turn violent, but this isn’t the young man’s only exposure to thuggery. He has been a driver for Republican hit-man “Crilly” (Stevan Rimkus) and his boss “Skeffington” (John Kavanagh) and that has left hi…

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