
Nine Lives(2005)
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.


Hugh O'Conor
Mr. Henry Cavendish

Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Miss. Catherine Palmerston

Shaun Boylan
Hon. Salacious Sommerfield Smythe

Frank Kelly
Mr. Thomas Palmerston

Anna Nugent
Miss. Sarah Palmerston
Eileen Fennell
The Aunt

Ned Dennehy
Mr. Sommerfield Smyth's Man Servant

Serena Brabazon
Miss Emille Carson
Eoin Whelan
Mr. Palmerston's Butler

Conor McMahon
Newspaper boy
The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish is a drama, fantasy, romance film released in 2005 exploring themes of short film. Directed by Andrew Legge, it stars Hugh O'Conor, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Shaun Boylan. A silent love story about an inventor who loses and then wins his love from a villainous cad.
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