About the movie: year - Awards /: Oscar1 / Golden Globe1 / 1999 / 2 hours 25 min. / The plot of the film "Angela's Ashes": A film adaptation of the memoirs of the American writer Frank McCourt. In 1935, the Irish McCourt family - mother, father and four children - return from Brooklyn, where they have not found the happiness they longed for. But even in their native Ireland, the family will be disappointed. Father suffering from alcoholism cannot find a job. Mother Angela tries her best to save the family and is exhausted - all the housework falls on her. The twin children are starving to death, and the eldest son, Frank, who is only six, dreams of America and dreams of returning there. "Angela's Ashes" - nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe and three times for the BAFTA award».