
Trailer for new Pierce Brosnan film shot in Donegal is released
The trailer for the new Pierce Brosnan film shot in Donegal has been released.
Entitled 'Four Letters Of Love', it is based on the international bestselling novel of the same name by Niall Williams'.
Two-time Academy Award nominee Brosnan stars alongside Gabriel Byrne and Helena Bonham Carter in the flick that is coming to cinemas on July 18.
Shot on location in Donegal and Antrim, Four Letters Of Love is described as a 'life-affirming tale about faith and doubt, maybes and almosts, and the miracle of love'
The synopsis outlines how 'Nicholas (O'Shea) and Isabel (Skelly) are made for each other, but as destiny pulls them together, so do family, passion, and faith drive them apart.
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'Nicholas' father, William (Brosnan), comes home one day to shatter his family's quiet, modest life. He tells them that after a moment of divine revelation, he has decided to dedicate his life to painting.
'He quits his job and sets off for the West Coast, leaving his shell-shocked wife and son to fend for themselves.'
Meanwhile, Isabel and her family live a charmed existence on a remote island off the West Coast, their house full of music and poetry. When tragedy strikes and her brother suffers a terrible accident, the music stops, and Isabel's mother, played by Bonham Carter, and father (Byrne) decide in their grief to send Isabel to a convent school on the mainland.
The young lovers embark on their own individual journeys of heartache and misplaced love, before fate contrives to pull the threads of their lives together. When they meet, it is a miracle.'
The original novel was translated into more than 30 languages after it was published in 1997 and before he adapted it for the screen.

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