Saturday, September 12, 2015

September 12 - Circle Of Friends

Today’s movie is a drama with a scene that occurs on September 12. Watch it tonight and enjoy.

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS                 

Bernadette “Benny” Hogan and her two friends, orphan  Eve Mahon and the beautiful Nan Malone live in the village of Knockglen, Ireland. Nan moves to Dublin. After graduation Benny and Nan commute to college in Dublin. The Protestant Westward family finace Nan’s educaton, as her father worked for them for years. September 12, 1957 [5:01 to 12:10] is Benny and Nan’s first day of college, where they reconnect with Eve and Benny meets rugby playing medical student Jack Foley. Benny and Jack start a relationship and Eve dates Jack’s friend Aidan, while Nan carries on a secret affair with Simon Westward. Benny’s father suddenly dies and she has to take over running his tailor shop, putting her into frequent contact with the creepy assistant Sean Walsh, whom her father wanted her to marry. When Nan becomes pregnant and Simon dumps her, she seduces Jack and convinces him he’s the father of her child. Jack propose to Nan, devastating Benny  At a party Eve, who has figured out Nan’s deception has a physical confrontation with Nan, which ends with Nan bleeding.  Nan leaves for England and Jack ends their engagement. Benny finds the money Sean had been embezzling from her father and fires him. Benny and Jack eventually make up and he continues his medical studies. 
       
The date is given in the film at 7:28.

Producers – Frank Price, Arlene Sellers and Alex Winitsky

Director - Pat O'Connor

Screenwriter - Andrew Davies

Runtime – 1 hour 43 minutes

Released - March 17, 1995

Starring –

Chris O'Donnell as Jack Foley
Minnie Driver as Bernadette "Benny" Hogan
Saffron Burrows as Nan Mahon
Alan Cumming as Sean Walsh
Colin Firth as Simon Westward
Geraldine O'Rawe as Eve Malone
Aidan Gillen as Aidan Lynch
Mick Lally as Dan Hogan
Britta Smith as Mrs. Hogan
Ciarán Hinds as Professor Flynn
Tony Doyle as Dr. Foley
Jason Barry as Nasey Mahon

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015

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