$20.09 Director Mike Leigh aims his sardonic wit at the situation in Northern Ireland with this study of two expectant couples that are awaiting their impending childbirths amidst the celebration of a British national holiday. Eugene walks with the aid of crutches, after having been caught in the crossfire of the Irish-English political squabbles. Eugene (Desmond McAleer) and Collette (Brid Brennan) are gentle Catholics living in Belfast.