Four Days in July
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Four Days in July is a 1984[1][2][3][4] television film by Mike Leigh. Set and filmed in Belfast, the film explores the Troubles by following the daily lives of two couples on either side of Northern Ireland's religious divide, both expecting their first children.[5] The film's action unfolds over 10–13 July 1984; the two couples' children are both born on 12 July, the date of a Protestant celebration in Northern Ireland known as the Twelfth.[6] Despite the politically charged setting, the film is uniquely uneventful, at least on the surface; Paul Clements writes that "It is hard to identify any full length work by Leigh in which less of consequence seems to happen."[7] Broadcast only once, it was Leigh's last film for the BBC.[8][9]
Four Days in July | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Mike Leigh |
Directed by | Mike Leigh |
Starring | Brid Brennan Stephen Rea Paula Hamilton Charles Lawson Eileen Pollock |
Composer | Rachel Portman |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Kenith Trodd |
Cinematography | Remi Adefarasin |
Editor | Robin Sales |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One, BBC HD |
Release | 29 November 1984 (1984-11-29) |