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Bitter Harvest (2001)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies!   Yugoslavian director Goran Paskaljevic (CABARET BALKAN) helms the black comedy BITTER HARVEST (aka HOW HARRY BECAME A TREE). Based on a Chinese short story, the film is a tragicomedy set in 1920s Ireland. Colm Meaney plays Harry Maloney, who lives in the Irish countryside with his son Gus (Cillian Murphy). Harry has become angry and bitter with the world following the death of his wife and eldest son, and decides to give purpose to his life again by making enemies with George O'Flaherty, the local pub owner and one of the most popular men in town. As Harry fails to find reasons to hate O'Flaherty, his son falls for the pub's waitress Eileen, forcing Harry to negotiate a wedding settlement with his "enemy" and increasing his distaste for the other man. BITTER HARVEST was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 2001 Venice Film Festival. MPAA Rating: Not Rated