Brenda Fricker

Behind convent walls, six remarkable women are caught between centuries old tradition and the radical changes reshaping society in the 1960s. In their care are spirited teenagers eager to experience newfound freedoms of their generation.

Born with cerebral palsy, the 10th of 22 children of a Dublin bricklayer and his wife, Christy Brown was doomed to life as a vegetable by physicians in 1932. His strong-willed mother's love and faith encouraged him to overcome this label. At age seven, he made a mark with chalk grasped between the toes of his left foot, the only limb on his body he could control. With this proof of intelligence, his schooling begins, and aided by his loving family,...

World War II. On June 1, 1944, a United States bomber pilot crashes onto the Cave Hill just outside of Belfast in Northern Ireland. He lives long enough to give a ring to a stranger and asks that he return it to his girlfriend. 50 years later, a young man searches for the woman to make good on a promise.

A woman passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.

Canton, Mississippi. Carl Lee Hailey's 10-year-old daughter, Tonya, is viciously brutalized and raped by two white racist rednecks. The two are found at a roadside bar, bragging about what they did to Tonya. Carl Lee remembers a case where four white men raped a black girl in a nearby town and were acquitted. Carl Lee is determined to not let that happen again. While a deputy is escorting the men up to the court room, Carl emerges with an assault...

After achieving a dream retirement with his wife of 50 years to a condo in the South of France, Joseph (James Fox) finds himself utterly miserable. Bored, lonely, and tired of his wife's incessant nagging and slow onset of Alzheimer's, he finds himself gazing hopelessly at the younger women that pass by and catching unflattering looks from the locals his own age. Brenda (Brenda Fricker) eventually begins to sense her husband's loss of enthusiasm...

When human remains are found in a sleepy Irish village, Sergeant PJ Collins finally has a genuine crime to solve. As the gruesome discovery ripples through the community, it threatens to expose a lifetime of secrets.

The disappearance of a key suspect casts an ominous shadow over the investigation. PJ and Linus attempt to piece together what happened the day that Tommy Burke disappeared. PJ makes a dangerous decision that leaves him worrying his actions may have jeopardized the investigation. However, a startling breakthrough turns everything on its head and throws the entire case into doubt.

Frustrated with her marriage, Bess accompanies her children on a Queen Mary cruise, where she experiences romance with an older man. After her father's death, Bess and Sam reconcile.

After marrying her childhood sweetheart, Bess Alcott begins a life in the high society of Dallas, Texas. As time goes by, she faces many personal triumphs as well as losses.