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When Brendan Met Trudy(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-12-14
38%
11 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
Overview:
Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in his life -- the movies. That is until he meets Trudy, a woman who is gregarious and adventurous beyond his imagination. His entire persona changes as he becomes enveloped in her carefree and sometimes dangerous world.
Languages: English, French.
Countries:
Ireland,
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Deadly Films
Movie: When Brendan Met Trudy
Top 10 Billed Cast
Peter McDonald
Brendan
Flora Montgomery
Trudy
Pauline McLynn
Nuala
Don Wycherley
Niall
Maynard Eziashi
Edgar
Eileen Walsh
Siobhan
Barry Cassin
Headmaster
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Overview
Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in his life -- the movies. That is until he meets Trudy, a woman who is gregarious and adventurous beyond his imagination. His entire persona changes as he becomes enveloped in her carefree and sometimes dangerous world.
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2000-12-14
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