MORNA
Logline
In nineteen-fifties Ireland, a devout Catholic girl wages war between God and the devil for the love of a man determined to become a priest until a fatal accident rocks the foundation of her hometown and challenges much of what she holds sacred.
Genre
Drama
Short Summary
MORNA is consumed with thoughts about her brother, TOM’S forthcoming marriage to BRIDGET, who bullied Morna as a child. Searching in Tom’s bureau she finds a letter confirming her suspicion that Bridget wants MAMA and Morna to leave their family home after Bridget and Tom's marriage.
Morna marries Sean, the town rebel. Her obsessive infatuation for Mairtin causes the breakdown of their marriage. After a lengthy separation they become reconciled. As Morna recognizes MáirtÃn as having feet of clay, she knows Sean is the man she truly loves. An Irish Republican Army ambush has left Sean at the point of death. Morna reveals that she is pregnant with his baby. The epilogue shows that MáirtÃn has left the seminary. In Belfast, when he invites Morna to have dinner with him, she says she never wants to endure his company again.
Setting
County Galway, Ireland. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Internal Journey/Rebirth
Plot - Other Elements
Other
Mature Audience Themes
Information not completed
Main Character Details
Name: MORNA REILLY
Age: Fourteen to twenty-six
Gender: Female
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Aspiring,Confident
Additional Character Details
Name: Mairtin Tobin
Age: 16–28
Gender: Male
Role: Tempter
Key Traits: Educated,Religious
Additional Character Details
Name: Sean Mulligan
Age: 18—29
Gender: Male
Role: logical
Key Traits: Aggressive,Aspiring,Charming,Blunt,Faithful,Decisive,Skillful
Additional Character Details
Name: Fiona McLaughlin
Age: 14—26
Gender: Female
Role: sidekick
Key Traits: Empathetic
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