
an Edward Burns film
Plot outline
Cast
- Brian Burns
- Vincent Rubino
- James Michael Cummings
- Elijah Wood
- Pat McNamara
- John DiResta
- Edward Burns
- Malachy McCourt
- Chris McGovern
- Peter Gerety
- Jimmy Burke
- Stephen Murphy
- Brian Delate
- Teresa Yenque
- Julie Hale
- Kathleen Doyle
- Rosario Dawson
- Marina Durell
- James Handy
- Michael Mulheren
- Oliver Platt
- Michael Leydon Campbell
- Dara Coleman
- Penny Balfour
- Kevin Kash
- Gregg Bello
- Joe Lisi
- Matty Delia
- Jack DeFuria
Plots
Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers (Burns and Wood) who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
Hell's Kitchen on Ash Wednesday, 1983. Rumors are flying that Francis Sullivan's younger brother Sean, dead for three years, has reappeared. If he wasn't killed by rivals, then old scores still need settling, putting Fran and Sean in danger. An upstart is pressuring the local mob boss, who's Fran's protector; Sean's wife, who thinks she's a widow, has gotten on with her life, but Sean has come back for her. The parish priest, part of the initial deception, is frightened. Bad guys with guns are closing in. Can Fran get Sean and his wife out of the city, avoid a war between rival factions, and hold onto new-found morality? Will the cross of ashes on his forehead protect him?