The Last of Summer
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The Last of Summer

1978
1 season
4 episodes
Drama

A French actress returns to her Irish roots during the last summer before World War II. While there, she must come to grips with her family and the love of two men. Television adaptation of Kate O'Brien's 1943 novel of the same name.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1

    05-10-197860m

    Europe is basking in the hot summer of 1939 when the first rumbles of an approaching war reach the Kernahan family in the quietness of Drumaninch (Drumnahinch), but it is the arriv...

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2

    12-10-197850m

    Angéle, a French actress, visits her cousins the Kernahans for the first time, stirring up unhappy memories. The youngsters take her for a picnic near the Cliffs of Moher.

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    19-10-197860m

    Martin Kernahan is soon in love with Angéle, but she is more attracted to his brother Tom.

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    26-10-197860m

    Angéle's engagement has brought Tom and Martin to blows and turned Martin against his mother. Reluctantly Hannah agrees to let Angéle and Tom go direct to the bishop. (RTÉ Guide)

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