The Closer You Get

For five desperate Irishmen, the perfect girl is abroad.

93 mins
Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. The whole town knows about the ad, and it sharpens everyone's sense of the opportunities for happiness already at hand. Kate, a publican with a young daughter, is separating from her husband and catches the eye of a bachelor sheep farmer. Kieran the butcher realizes that his assistant Siobhan is comely, and then he discovers she's fiery as well. Ollie sends off for Dutch skin magazines that the village postmistress won't release to him. The men, and women, find counsel in their movie-loving priest. Will anyone answer the ad?

Ian Hart

Kieran O'Donnell

Sean McGinley

Ian O'Donnell

Niamh Cusack

Kate O'Leary

Ruth McCabe

Mary Mulligan

Ewan Stewart

Pat O'Leary

Pat Shortt

Ollie Doyle

Sean McDonagh

Sean Mulligan

Risteard Cooper

Father Hubert Mallone

Maureen O'Brien

Dollie Doyle

William Ivory

Screenplay

Robert Alazraki

Director of Photography

Rachel Portman

Original Music Composer

Jack Stew

Foley Artist

Mark Huffam

Producer

Polly Leys

Producer

Tom McCullagh

Production Design

Shane Bunting

Art Direction

Jean Kerr

Art Direction

Sue Wyatt

Editor

Kathy Strachan

Costume Design

Pamela Smyth

Makeup Artist

Jon Henry Gordon

Hairstylist

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