Genres: Biography, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.emigration, tmdb.irish-american, tmdb.socially-deprived-family, tmdb.famine, tmdb.alcoholism, tmdb.based-on-memoir-or-autobiography, tmdb.ireland + 343 more, tmdb.brooklyn-new-york-city, tmdb.1930s, tmdb.life-in-the-slums, imdb.irish, imdb.based-on-autobiography, imdb.pulitzer-prize-source, imdb.f-rated, imdb.male-rear-nudity, imdb.bare-chested-man, imdb.death-of-twins, imdb.door-shut-in-one-s-face, imdb.limerick-ireland, imdb.twin-girls, imdb.malnutrition, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.delivering-coal, imdb.younger-version-of-character, imdb.dying-teenage-girl, imdb.dripping-water, imdb.money-lender, imdb.bigger-dreams, imdb.co-written-by-director, tmdb.hunger, imdb.ireland, imdb.based-on-book, imdb.child, imdb.ira-irish-republican-army, imdb.twins, imdb.great-depression, imdb.charity, imdb.alcoholic-father, imdb.pregnancy, imdb.little-boy, imdb.brother-sister-relationship, imdb.sister-sister-relationship, imdb.emigration, imdb.pain, imdb.child-labor, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.writer, imdb.humiliation, imdb.optimism, imdb.money, imdb.church, mdblist.rotten, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.rain, tmdb.poverty, tmdb.alcoholic-father, tmdb.dead-children, tmdb.irish-catholic, tmdb.drunkard, tmdb.children-in-need, tmdb.limerick, tmdb.rainy-setting, awards.oscar-nominated, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.coming-of-age-drama, imdb.giving-someone-a-bath, imdb.boy-rear-nudity, imdb.boy-frontal-nudity, imdb.boy-wears-underwear, imdb.boy-wears-pajamas, imdb.barefoot-boy, imdb.boy-urinates, imdb.dancing-boy, imdb.starving-child, imdb.2-year-old-twins, imdb.year-1935, imdb.neighbor-neighbor-relationship, imdb.food, imdb.eating, imdb.unsanitary-conditions, imdb.fired-from-a-job, imdb.anger, imdb.memory, imdb.seeking-a-job, imdb.catholicism, imdb.school-truancy, imdb.farm, imdb.boy-reads-a-book, imdb.praying-for-a-miracle, imdb.on-the-dole, imdb.begging-for-money, imdb.begging-for-money-outside-a-church, imdb.old-man, imdb.firewood, imdb.eviction, imdb.saying-goodbye, imdb.telegram-delivery-boy, imdb.cruelty, imdb.praying-for-forgiveness, imdb.uncle-nephew-relationship, imdb.son-slaps-his-mother, imdb.debt, imdb.throwing-a-ledger-into-a-river, imdb.shannon-river, imdb.1940s, imdb.toddler, imdb.2-year-old-boy, imdb.4-year-old-boy, imdb.5-year-old-boy, imdb.2-year-old, imdb.4-year-old, imdb.5-year-old, imdb.bathe, imdb.bathing-someone, imdb.nude-boy, imdb.rear-nudity, imdb.frontal-nudity, imdb.bedbugs, imdb.loss-of-child, imdb.bottle-cap, imdb.barefoot-child, imdb.irish-dancing, imdb.man-urinates, imdb.girl-dancing, imdb.smoking, imdb.original-author-as-character, imdb.name-in-title, imdb.female-rear-nudity, imdb.drink, imdb.prejudice, imdb.poverty, imdb.death, imdb.vomiting, imdb.alliterative-title, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.starving-to-death, imdb.starvation, imdb.starving, imdb.flatulence, imdb.writing-a-letter, imdb.whiskey, imdb.watching-a-movie, imdb.washing-clothes, imdb.underwear, imdb.typhoid, imdb.traitor, imdb.train, imdb.theft, imdb.theater-audience, imdb.telegram, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.teacher, imdb.teacher-student-relationship, imdb.survival, imdb.suffering, imdb.student, imdb.storytelling, imdb.spitting, imdb.song, imdb.soccer, imdb.slapped-on-top-of-head, imdb.singing, imdb.singer, imdb.shoes, imdb.self-respect, imdb.school, imdb.sanitarium, imdb.sadness, imdb.rubber-tire, imdb.robbery, imdb.confirmation, imdb.reference-to-yankee-doodle-dandy, imdb.reference-to-william-shakespeare, imdb.reference-to-saint-vincent-de-paul, imdb.reference-to-saint-francis-of-assisi, imdb.reference-to-quasimodo, imdb.reference-to-pope-leo-xiii, imdb.reference-to-michael-collins, imdb.reference-to-joe-louis, imdb.reference-to-james-cagney, imdb.reference-to-hopalong-cassidy, imdb.reference-to-geronimo, imdb.reference-to-eamon-de-valera, imdb.reference-to-charles-laughton, imdb.reference-to-billie-holiday, imdb.reference-to-al-jolson, imdb.reference-to-al-capone, imdb.train-station, imdb.radio, imdb.pub, 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imdb.blood, imdb.bloody-nose, imdb.blood-transfusion, imdb.blindness, imdb.birthday, imdb.bicycle, imdb.bicycle-accident, imdb.belfast-ireland, imdb.begging, imdb.bathtub, imdb.bare-feet, imdb.baby, imdb.baby-carriage, imdb.aunt-nephew-relationship, imdb.angel, imdb.united-states-of-america, imdb.ambulance, imdb.altar-boy, imdb.alcoholic, imdb.voice-over-narration, imdb.statue-of-liberty-new-york-city, imdb.brooklyn-new-york-city, imdb.priest, imdb.nun, imdb.catholic-priest, imdb.sadistic-teacher, imdb.large-family, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.urination, imdb.masturbation, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.irish-american, imdb.penis, imdb.coming-of-age, imdb.consumption, imdb.rain, imdb.bigotry, imdb.confessional, imdb.alcoholism, imdb.religion, imdb.unemployment, imdb.death-of-mother, imdb.death-of-child, imdb.based-on-true-story, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.punctuation-in-title, imdb.apostrophe-in-title, imdb.mooning, soundmix.dolby-digital, aspectratio.1-85-1, imdb.defecation

Watch Providers: Kanopy, Hoopla

Production companies: Universal Pictures, David Brown Productions, Dirty Hands Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, PolyGram Filmed EntertainmentParamount Pictures

Country: Ireland
Languages: English