The Fifth Province

The Fifth Province — Plot

Timmy Sugrue is a persecuted guesthouse keeper and writer who lives with his mad mother in a very rainy part of the Irish midlands. His only consolation are his visits to Dr. Drudy, a psychiatrist whom he can tell about the love of his life - the President of Ireland. A new motorway puts Timmy's guesthouse off the map. A strange Spanish pilot named Marcel comes to visit and create havoc in the guesthouse. Timmy goes to a scriptwriters' conference where only fast, urban and up-beat stories are expected, nothing like Timmy's own story. Uneasy in any of the four provinces of Ireland, he desperately tries to reach the Fifth Province, the province of magic, of passion, of possibility.

• Release date
• December 12, 1997
• Runtime
• 99 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Frank Stapleton

The Fifth Province — Cast

Lia Williams Diana De Brie Anthony Higgins Marcel Brían F. O'Byrne Timmy Ian Richardson Dr. Drudy Jeananne Crowley

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Joan O'Hara

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Alison McKenna Dancing Girl