Listen To Your Heart. It's the late '60s and the British Invasion has conquered the world! The Liverpool Sound tops the charts in every country except in Ireland where traditional Irish music still reigns supreme! But could the unthinkable happen? Could an upstart Irish band from Liverpool win the All Irish Music Championship for the first time in history? Transplanted Irishman Jimmy McMahon (Colm Meany) and his motley English crew have their hearts set on it. Meanwhile back in County Clare Ireland Jimmy's stalwart older brother John Joe (Bernard Hill) and his... feisty local band are determined to win the trophy for the third year in a row. Meanwhile Clare's star fiddler Anne (the radiant music icon Andrea Corr of The Corrs family band) chafes under her mother's rules against dating - especially when her eye lands on Teddy (Shaun Evans) Liverpool's star flute player. They are Ireland's answer to Romeo and Juliet. The film weaves these timeless themes of discord - star-crossed lovers feuding brothers narrow-minded parents and rebellious children - with the passion all the characters share for the music they play. And against a backdrop of amber-lit pubs narrow streets and sandy shores the visuals keep pace with toe-tapping soundtrack and reflect the honor and traditions at stake in the competition. [show more]
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Irish comedy. The All-Ireland Traditional Music Competition attracts the best musicians from all over the country and a few from beyond the shores of the Emerald Isle as well. As John Joe (Bernard Hill) and his band prepare to capture the band trophy with their County Clare jigs and reels, Irishman Jimmy (Colm Meaney) bends his Liverpudlians away from jazz toward the time-honoured strains of Celtic music. As the musicians make their way towards the competition, trouble rears its head for both sets of challengers.
Set in the late 1960s THE BOYS AND GIRLS FROM COUNTY CLARE tells the story of two estranged brothers who reunite in County Clare to face off against each other in the country's biggest Ceili competition--a fiddle-based traditional style of Irish music When John Joe (Bernard Hill) discovers that Jimmy (Colm Meaney) has returned to Ireland from Liverpool to participate in the competition the brothers' troubled past is brought to light once again A major roadblock stands in the form of Maisie (Charlotte Bradley) the mother of John Joe's star fiddler Anne (Andrea Corr lead singer of the popular music group The Corrs) Matters are further complicated when Jimmy's star flutist Teddy (Shaun Evans) falls for Anne As the competition builds to its climax the convoluted personal politics threaten to overshadow the contest itself In the tradition of WAKING NED DEVINE and THE MATCHMAKER comes John Irvin's THE BOYS AND GIRL FROM COUNTY CLARE a charming Irish musical comedy Featuring another memorable performance from Meaney (THE VAN THE SNAPPER) as well as the alluring Corr the film keeps audiences entertained on a multitude of levels Deftly balancing humour drama and romance Irvin delivers a universally appealing musical comedy that wears its heart on its sleeve
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