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The Long Roads

7.019931h 30mMovieDramaRomanceTV Movie

An elderly woman learns that she is dying of cancer. She and her husband leave their small farm on the Isle of Skye to visit their children to inform them of the news. During the journey, the couple rediscover their love for each other.

DirectorTristram Powell
WriterJohn McGrath
ProducersPeter Kendal·Mark Shivas

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Cast · Directed by Tristram Powell

EM
Edith MacArthur
Kitty McVurrich
RURobert Urquhart
Robert Urquhart
Peter McVurrich
AT
Anne Marie Timoney
Mandy McVurrich
RR
Robert Rawles
Alan Gibbons
MFMichelle Fairley
Michelle Fairley
Fiona Gibbons
KMKevin McMonagle
Kevin McMonagle
Roddie McVurrich
DG
Debra Gillett
Pat McVurrich
JM
John McGlynn
Iain McVurrich
MBMaureen Beattie
Maureen Beattie
Deirdre Kopanski
SSShaughan Seymour
Shaughan Seymour
George Kopanski
LB
Louise Beattie
Mairi McVurrich
JB
John Buick
Ali

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