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Release Date: 2010 Cast: Gary Healy, Ian McElhinney, Niamh Shaw, Joy McBrinn, Aidan Quinn, Jack Gleeson, Lee Satell, Adam Downey, Kieran Lagan, Connie Nielsen, Frances Quinn, Greg McGuinness ...MORE
Cast: Gary Healy, Ian McElhinney, Niamh Shaw, Joy McBrinn, Aidan Quinn, Jack Gleeson, Lee Satell, Adam Downey, Kieran Lagan, Connie Nielsen, Frances Quinn, Greg McGuinness, John Bell, Laura Doherty, Shane Mahon, Gerald Boner, Bonnie Bollivar, Tara Alice Scully, Karl O'Neill ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Family Drama, Indie, World cinema, Children's/Family, Animal Picture, Childhood Drama, Family Film A Shine of Rainbows, also known as Tomás and the Rainbows, is a 2009 Irish family drama, directed and co-written by Vic Sarin and is a film adaptation of the novel A Shine of Rainbows by Lillian Beckwith.
Young Tomás (John Bell) is an orphan, harassed and ridiculed by the other children in his orphanage for his timidity and stuttering. Just after letting a pigeon free from his classroom, he is called to the headmasters' office to be greeted by Maire (Connie Nielsen), who takes him back to her home, to be greeted coldly by Alec (Aidan Quinn) who had wanted someone older and perhaps more... MORE
A Shine of Rainbows, also known as Tomás and the Rainbows, is a 2009 Irish family drama, directed and co-written by Vic Sarin and is a film adaptation of the novel A Shine of Rainbows by Lillian Beckwith.
Young Tomás (John Bell) is an orphan, harassed and ridiculed by the other children in his orphanage for his timidity and stuttering. Just after letting a pigeon free from his classroom, he is called to the headmasters' office to be greeted by Maire (Connie Nielsen), who takes him back to her home, to be greeted coldly by Alec (Aidan Quinn) who had wanted someone older and perhaps more confident.
Tomás makes friends with Nancy (Tara Alice Scully) and is greeted tepidly by Seamus (Jack Gleeson). They take him to their cave, inhabited by bats and Tomás runs away, scared, to which the two friends chase after him and console him. Tomás is introduced to his new school and instead of his previous school, he is generally accepted by the pupils. As Maire's influence on him begins to shine through, he starts to gain in confidence and become attracted to wildlife.
Alec starts taking a liking to the boy soon enough and takes him fishing on the day after his birthday, after the couple buy him LESS
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