Tara Road (film)

Tara Road
Directed by Gillies MacKinnon
Written by Cynthia Cidre
Shane Connaughton
Starring Andie MacDowell
Olivia Williams
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Iain Glen
Sarah Bolger
Johnny Brennan
Bosco Hogan
Heike Makatsch
Leslie Mongezi
Sean Power
Stephen Rea
David Ten Velthuis
Ruby Wax
August Zirner
Music by John E. Keane
Cinematography John de Borman
Production
company
First Look Pictures
Release dates
2005
Running time
97 minutes
Country America
Language English

Tara Road is a film based on the novel of the same name by Maeve Binchy.

Plot

Two women trade houses without ever having met. They're both looking for an escape from their problems, but by running away, both come to discover a great deal about themselves.

Ria Lynch is married to Danny Lynch and they have a daughter and a son. Danny begins spending less and less time at home with his wife and children. Ria believes another baby is the solution, and is shocked to find out that indeed her husband is going to be a father - but to a child from an affair he has been having. Her husband's unfaithfulness is the event that leads Ria into her decision to switch homes with a woman from the US called Marilyn who lost her teenage son to a motorcycle accident on his birthday. Marilyn is struggling to come to terms with her son's death and has become estranged from her husband. She hopes her time in Dublin will cease her grief.

Ria and Marilyn discover deep, dark secrets about the other during the summer. The two become close friends but do not reveal the secrets.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Cape Town, South Africa for the scenes set in Connecticut.

Reception

Critical response

Home media

Released on DVD October 9, 2007.[1]

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