If you loved The Last Hurrah, try The Quiet Man
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by John Ford, and they both carry the bittersweet, outsider, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Last Hurrah, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Quiet Man is
Apparently someone thought Ireland needed more American. An American man returns to his Irish birth village. It gets complicated.

