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Fools of Fortune is a 1990 Irish romantic drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and written by Michael Hirst based on the 1983 novel by Irish writer William Trevor. It depicts a Protestant family caught up in the conflict between the British Army and the IRA during the Irish War of Independence .
'Fools of Fortune' takes place on the huge estate of the Quintons. Sheltered from the economic and political travails all around them, they are shocked into the real world when one of their workers is ritualistically murdered.
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Fools of Fortune Trailer. Working Title Films Based on the novel by William Trevor, the serene life of a well-to-do Irish family is shattered by the rebellions of the 1920s and '30s.
- 3 min
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- Amy-Joyce Hastings
Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. After his family and ancestral home are destroyed by the British Army at the onset of the Irish war of independence, a withdrawn young man bides his time until he can exact revenge. Cast & Crew. Read More. Pat O'connor. Director. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Marianne. Iain Glen. Willie Quinton. Julie Christie.
- Pat O'connor
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
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Based on a novel by William Trevor, Fools of Fortune is the story of how generations of one family is destroyed by the Anglo-Irish conflict. In 1918 Ireland, young Willie Quinton is the only son of the Qunintons, a land-owning Protestant…
