The Snapper

The Snapper is a 1993 Irish television film which was directed by Stephen Frears and starred Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney and Brendan Gleeson. The film is based on the novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, about the Rabbitte family and their domestic adventures. Young Sharon Curley becomes pregnant, but refuses to tell anyone who the father is. She decides to keep the baby ("snapper") and her family, each in their own way, eventually decides to suppo... More

Initial release date:

  • Aug 6, 1993

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 31 min

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Also known as:

  • The Snapper - Hilfe, ein Baby

Film

Directed by

Stephen Frears

Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is an English film director. Frears was born in Leicester, England, to Ruth M., a social worker, and Dr. Russell E. Frears, a general practitioner and accountant. He did not find out that his mother was Jewish until he was in his late '20s. Frears was...

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Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Dec 18, 2001

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 31 min
  • 1 h 34 min
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Awards

Goya Award for Best European Film Nominees

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner
  • 1995

Goya Award for Best European Film Winners

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The Snapper

The Snapper (1990) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and the second novel in The Barrytown Trilogy. The plot revolves around unmarried Sharon Rabbitte's pregnancy, and the unexpected effects this has on her conservative, working class Dublin family. In the Rabbite household, unwed motherhood...

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