Ascendancy is a 1983 British drama directed by Edward Bennett, starring Julie Covington and Ian Charleson, produced by the British Film Institute on a budget of roughly 183,000 to 250,000 pounds. It follows a woman from the British landowning class in Ireland known as the Ascendancy who, during the First World War, learns about the Irish independence movement and becomes involved with it. It won the Golden Bear at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Ascendancy is a 1983 British drama directed by Edward Bennett, starring Julie Covington and Ian Charleson, produced by the British Film Institute on a budget of roughly 183,000 to 250,000 pounds.
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The film was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear
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Ascendancy is a 1983 British drama film directed by Edward Bennett and starring Julie Covington and Ian Charleson.
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