A children’s game of ‘Charlie’s Angels’ transforms into a reality through the vivid imagination of little Majella McGinty. Life becomes too stressful for 8-year-old Majella and taking refuge she hides in a suitcase in her parents’ bedroom. She overhears their conversation, and her TV-addled imagination runs away with her when she believes her father has been murdered by her mother and his body bundled away under cover of darkness. The Case of Majella McGinty shows the fantastical imagination of young children. This film combines the comical with the political, criticising the impact of violence on children’s lives. Set in 1970’s Derry, violence is rife, bombs can be heard in the distance and the army patrols the streets where Majella and her friends play.
January 1, 1999
Rough Magic Film Productions
10 people
Gaynor Donnelly
Majella McGinty
Acting
Christopher Dooley
John Paul McGinty
Acting
Gerald Dorrity
Gavin McGinty
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Morna Regan
Ma
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Aidan Kelly
Da
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Laurie Lee McDowell
Josephine
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Hayley Gallagher
Nicola
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Joe Gallagher
Uncle Pat
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Leslie Swan
Aunt Pat
Production
Carmen Osbahr
Thelma
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