
This Must Be the Place(2011)
A bored, retired rock star living in Ireland sets out to find his dead father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.


“Sometimes the only way to find yourself... is to lose yourself in someone else's life.”
A grieving Connecticut mother temporarily switches houses with a woman in Dublin, Ireland.

Andie MacDowell
Marilyn

Olivia Williams
Ria

Stephen Rea
Colm

Iain Glen
Danny

Jean-Marc Barr
Andy

Heike Makatsch
Bernadette

August Zirner
Greg

Ruby Wax
Carlotta

Maria Doyle Kennedy
Rosemary

Alan Devlin
Barney
Tara Road is a drama film released in 2005 exploring themes of upper class, loss of loved one, bankrupt, cooking, gigolo, dublin, ireland. Directed by Gillies MacKinnon, it stars Andie MacDowell, Olivia Williams, Stephen Rea. A grieving Connecticut mother temporarily switches houses with a woman in Dublin, Ireland.
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