The Dead

1987 Drama

The final film of legendary director John Huston was based on the closing story of James Joyce's Dubliners. Anjelica Huston is top-billed as Gretta Conroy, the niece by marriage of turn-of-century Irish spinsters Kate Morkan (Helena Carroll) and Julia Morkan (Cathleen Delany). At the home of these two curious ladies, Gretta is prodded into remembering her long-dead lover. She tearfully reveals to her husband (Donal McCann) that the deceased boy may well have died on her behalf. Her tale of woe bespeaks the sentiment shared by James Joyce: no matter how long in their graves, the dead will always influence the living. Adding to the film's elegiac quality, it stars Huston's daughter Anjelica and was co-written with his son Tony Huston.

Director: John Huston

Starring: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany, Dan O'Herlihy

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Awards

  • Best Costume Design

    Academy Awards (1988)

     
  • Best Non-European Film (Bedste ikke-europæiske film)

    Bodil Awards (1989)

  • Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)

    David di Donatello Awards (1988)

     
  • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)

    Fotogramas de Plata (1989)

  • Best Foreign Film

    French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (1989)