Product Details

• Actors: Orla Brady, Liam Cunningham, Sarah Bolger, Nicole Bohan, Brian McGrath
• Directors: Sydney Macartney
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: New Yorker Video
• DVD Release Date: July 30, 2002
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000067IZN
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #75,592 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
Based upon a true story, "A Love Divided" is the dramatic tale of a marriage between Sean Cloney, a Catholic, and Sheila Kelly, a Protestant in 1950's Ireland- A happily married couple whose lives and love are severely tested by the powerful religious forces swirling around them. When the time comes for their eldest daughter to attend school, the local Priest, Father Stafford, insists she attend the town's Catholic School. Objecting to this intervention, Sheila insists that the parents, not the Church, will decide on their children's education. When her husband sides with the Priest, however, Sheila, feeling betrayed secretly flees with her two young daughters to Scotland. Soon the social fabric of the village unravels as Father Stafford, convinced of a conspiracy, declares a boycott of all the Protestants in the village, forcing Sean, the village, and eventually the entire country to take sides in what quickly becomes an international controversy. With the small town tearing itself apart, Sean is forced to decide where his loyalties lie- with Sheila or the Church. "A Love Divided is a passionate love story about a brave couple whose convictions divided a nation.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do whatever you have to to see this movie!, June 22, 2001

By	Tami Neff (Goose Creek, SC United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Based on a true incident in County Wexford, Ireland, "A Love Divided" tells how one family's problem in dealing with a religious decision swept up first a town, and then a country. Sean and Sheila Cloney (played magnificently by Liam Cunningham and Orla Brady) are Catholic and Protestant, respectively. In order to marry in the Catholic church in Ireland (after having a civil and a Protestant ceremony first), Sheila signs the required Ne Temere pledge that she will raise any children from the marriage as Catholics. She honors this pledge for a long time as her little girls part to go to Mass with their father on Sundays while she goes to services with her father and sister. However, she draws the line when the local parish priest, Father Stafford (Tony Doyle) insists on her oldest daughter going to the Catholic school without any regard for the idea that the parents have the right to make this decision.

Initially, Sean doesn't understand her insistence that the decision is theirs to make and insists the priest is right - she signed a pledge. Feeling betrayed, she steals off with her daughters, not realizing the consequences that lay ahead. It is not my intention to moralize on what the viewer should come away thinking after seeing this movie or to give my own interpretation of the message. Just see the movie . . .

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very worthwhile, May 25, 2003

By	Kristin M. Anderson "indigomaia" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Love Divided (Ws) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is among my top 25 favorites of all time. It is very much worthwhile. It is intelligent, thought-provoking, funny, sad, honest, gritty, heroic. The first time I saw it, I wrote to my closest friends and my family, and recommended it to all of them. It is a movie that touches your head and your heart, and stays with you long after you have viewed it. When the final scene is over, you will sit in amazement, and be in awe that it is a TRUE story, about people with vision, courage, and hearts full of love and committment to each other and to the truth.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this movie!, June 26, 2004

By A Customer

Based on the true life of Sean and Sheila Cloney, this is a beatiful story of love, family, and friendship being torn apart by blind prejudice and religious bigotry. It's a courageous story that will make you think, make you cry, make you smile, and make you cheer. A must-see and one of my favorite movies.