Fools of Fortune

Fools of Fortune is a 1990 British 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.

Cast
 Iain Glen as Willie Quinton
 Sean T. McClory as young Willie
 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Marianne
 Julie Christie as Mrs. Quinton
 Catherine McFadden as Imelda
 Amy-Joyce Hastings (credited as Amy Hastings) as Geraldine Quinton
 Michael Kitchen as Mr. Quinton
 Hazel Flanagan as Deirdre Quinton
 Frankie McCafferty as Tim Paddy
 Niamh Cusack as Josephine
 John Kavanagh as Johnny Lacy

Production
It was filmed on location in Dublin, County Westmeath, Galway and at Ardmore Studios.

Release
The film went to VHS, but has not yet appeared on DVD.

New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby described the film as "an ambitious mess, of interest only because of the chance to see [Julie] Christie, who becomes more and more tautly beautiful with the years, and [Mary Elizabeth] Mastrantonio, who is also beautiful and does an extremely credible upper-class English accent." The Washington Post described it as "a passionate, mystifyingly awkward bit of filmmaking".

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Category:1990 films
Category:1990s historical films
Category:1990s romantic drama films
Category:British films
Category:British historical films
Category:British romantic drama films
Category:English-language films
Category:Films based on works by William Trevor
Category:Films directed by Pat O'Connor
Category:Films scored by Hans Zimmer
Category:Films set in Ireland
Category:Films shot in Ireland
Category:PolyGram Filmed Entertainment films
Category:Working Title Films films
Category:British historical romance films