Danny Boy

Danny Boy (1982)

Angel

El saxofonista Danny es testigo del asesinato de su gerente y una muchacha sordomuda. Es interrogado por la policía, pero él sólo recuerda los zapatos ortopédicos del líder de los asesinos. Entonces comienzará su búsqueda para vengarla. “Danny Boy”, titulado de origen “Ángel”, fue su primer largometraje en su Irlanda natal, y plantea una turbia historia que entremezcla con sabiduría los elementos característicos de los policíacos y las particularidades de la República de Irlanda, el Ulster y el grupo terrorista IRA. Con todos esos elementos, Jordan esbozó un retrato duro, violento y a la vez lírico de la realidad irlandesa, una realidad enmarcada en la locura cotidiana de una guerra civil no declarada, no terminada, en una atmósfera espectral apreciablemente conseguida.

Fecha de estreno
1982-05-14
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (23)
Duración
1 h 32 min
Géneros
Drama, Música
Director
Neil Jordan

Reparto

Curiosidades

Angel is a 1982 Irish film written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Stephen Rea. The film was Neil Jordan's directorial debut, and the executive producer was John Boorman.

Production

The film is set in Northern Ireland and it is implied that the extortionists/murderers are loyalist paramilitaries (one is described as "a Prod" by his Catholic girlfriend; another is a policeman). However, there is little specific reference to the Northern Ireland Troubles.

The film was made in and around inner-city Dublin (standing in for Belfast) and Jordan's native Bray. In the sequences where the band play in a seaside resort (probably supposed to be Portstewart, since Danny is shown asking older bandsmen about their memories of his late uncle, whom we are earlier told played in a band at Portstewart) Bray Head is visible in some background shots.

The dance and crowd scenes from the Mosney ballroom had to be re-shot due to a problem with the film processing.

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