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Four Letters of Love

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Nicholas (Fionn O'Shea) and Isabel (Ann Skelly) are made for each other, but fate does not always choose the easiest path to true love. As destiny pulls them together, so do family, passion, and faith drive them apart. Nicholas' father, William (Pierce Brosnan), comes home one day to shatter his family's quiet, modest life. He tells them that in a moment of divine intervention, God has instructed him to dedicate his life to painting. He quits his job and sets off for the coast, leaving his shell-shocked wife and son to fend for themselves. Meanwhile Isabel and her family live a charmed existence on a nearby small neighboring island, their house full of music and poetry. When tragedy strikes and her brother suffers a terrible accident, the music stops, and Isabel's parents (Helena Bonham Carter, Gabriel Byrne) decide in their grief to send Isabel to a convent school on the mainland. The young lovers embark on their own individual journeys of heartache and misplaced love, before fate contrives to pull the threads of their lives together. When they meet, it will be like a miracle.

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Polly Steele

Director

Pierce Brosnan

William Coughlan

Helena Bonham Carter

Margaret Gore

Gabriel Byrne

Muiris Gore

Ann Skelly

Isabel Gore

Fionn O'Shea

Nicholas Coughlan

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Critics Reviews

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Jonathan Romney Financial Times It’s a swirling symphony of sea and rugged knitwear — and, fundamentally, luxury tosh. Rated: 2/5 Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Donald Clarke Irish Times Every interior in this preposterous adaptation of an admired Niall Williams novel suggests an Irish theme pub in 1990s Basingstoke. Oh, to have been in the antique spinning-wheel business or the rusty bike trade when the production came to town. Rated: 2/5 Jul 18, 2025 Full Review Deborah Ross The Spectator Steele directs with a sure hand and there is much else to delight in here. The cinematography has never made the Irish coast look so gorgeous (or sunny) or the cottages, with their jewel-coloured interiors, so cosy and the performances are all excellent. Jul 17, 2025 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Directed by Polly Steele with an artistic eye for expansive landscapes and period settings, the film feels soft and strongly emotive as people take epic journeys that are both internal and external. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 18, 2025 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Bonham-Carter and Byrne work beautifully together, the characters are lovingly drawn, the costuming works well and the Galway scenery is properly enchanting. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 16, 2025 Full Review Hilary A White Sunday Independent (Ireland) ...this is about as ­unashamedly sentimental and ­syrupy as it gets, and those in search of a gentle, easy-on-the-eyes swoon will ­forgive the odd accent wobble, the patches of abrupt editing, or the clumsy ­dialogue replacement splices. Rated: 3/5 Jul 16, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Nicholas (Fionn O'Shea) and Isabel (Ann Skelly) are made for each other, but fate does not always choose the easiest path to true love. As destiny pulls them together, so do family, passion, and faith drive them apart. Nicholas' father, William (Pierce Brosnan), comes home one day to shatter his family's quiet, modest life. He tells them that in a moment of divine intervention, God has instructed him to dedicate his life to painting. He quits his job and sets off for the coast, leaving his shell-shocked wife and son to fend for themselves. Meanwhile Isabel and her family live a charmed existence on a nearby small neighboring island, their house full of music and poetry. When tragedy strikes and her brother suffers a terrible accident, the music stops, and Isabel's parents (Helena Bonham Carter, Gabriel Byrne) decide in their grief to send Isabel to a convent school on the mainland. The young lovers embark on their own individual journeys of heartache and misplaced love, before fate contrives to pull the threads of their lives together. When they meet, it will be like a miracle.
Director
Polly Steele
Producer
Debbie Gray, Douglas Cummins
Screenwriter
Niall Williams
Distributor
Quiver Distribution
Production Co
Cornerstone Films, AX1 Films, Port Pictures, London Town Films, Genesius Pictures
Genre
Romance, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 25, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 25, 2025
Runtime
1h 49m