

Cal
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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- Released
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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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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.
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6/14/2025
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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