Movie Description:
Based upon a true story, A LOVE DIVIDED is the dramatictale of a marriage between Sean Cloney, a Catholic, and Sheila Kelly, aProtestant in 1950`s Ireland- Ahappily married couple whose lives and love are severely testedby the powerful religious forces swirling around them. When the time comes for their eldest daughter to attend school, the local Priest, Father Stafford, insists she attend the town`s Catholic School.Objecting to this intervention,Sheila insists that the parents, not the Church, will decide on their children`s education. When her husband sides withthe Priest, however, Sheila, feeling betrayed, secretly flees with her two young daughtersto Scotland. Soon the social fabric of the village unravels asFather Stafford, convinced of a conspiracy, declares a boycott of all the Protestantsin the village, forcing Sean, the village, and eventually theentire country to take sides inwhat quickly becomes an international controversy. With the small town tearing itselfapart, Sean is forced to decidewhere his loyalties lie-with Sheila or the Church.
