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| Limb & Spinal Conditions: Major Films no photo.
Title | Ascendancy (1983) | Alternative/Original Title | | Disability | Limb Speaking Impaired Disability as metaphor | Country | UK | Length | 92 | Genre | Drama | Rating | ? | Director | Edward Bennett
| Cast | Ian Charleson Julie Covington Susan Engel Philip Locke Philomena McDonagh Kieran Montague Rynagh O'Grady John Phillips Jeremy Sinden
| Notes | Set shortly after WWI, a young woman's body reacts to the British/Irish troubles. After her brother's death she loses feeling in her right arm. As tension between Catholics and Protestants increase she becomes speaking impaired.
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