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Content Advisory: Adult Situations Movie Release: 1988 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Period Film, Coming-of-Age

A young girl has ambitions that lead her away from her small Irish village. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide

Geraldine James
Siobhan Garahy
Denise McCormack

A young woman struggles to overcome the provincial attitudes and narrow minds of her home town in this made-for-TV drama based on the novel by Maeve Binchy. Claire O'Brien (Siobhan Garahy) was born and raised in Castlebay, a small town along the coast of Ireland where her family runs the local grocery. Claire longs to find a life beyond the tiny tourist community, and she thinks she's found a way out when she earns a scholarship to the University of Dublin with the help of Angela O'Hara (Geraldine James), a local teacher who doesn't want Claire to turn her back on her dreams as she was forced to do. Claire travels to Dublin with David Power (Robert Hines), a long-time friend whose father, the local doctor, has sheltered him from the harsher realities of life. In Dublin, Claire and David's friendship grows into a passionate love affair, but their romance has unfortunate consequences that bring the couple back to Castlebay, where their love is regarded with scorn and Claire is now seen as a scheming social climber. As Claire struggles through her new relationship with David, she discovers she's also caught the eye of Gerry Doyle (Stephen Holland), whose interest in her has become an unwholesome obsession. As Claire's life becomes more complicated, so does Angela's -- her brother, a priest, begins to question his faith, and she finds herself falling for a man with a serious drinking problem. Echoes was originally produced as a four-part mini-series for the British network Channel Four, where it first aired in 1988. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide