A Shine of Rainbows (2009)

Aidan Quinn: Alec

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• Maire : You're disappointed, aren't you?

  Alec : I agreed to it.

  Maire : Aye, but now that you've seen him, you are disappointed.

  Alec : I'll not deny I expected you to choose a boy that had the making of a man in him. I don't see why you chose the runt of the litter.

• Maire : Have you noticed that he calls me Ma?

  Alec : I had. What does he call me, I wonder?

  Maire : Just 'himself'. I think he knows that you wouldn't want him to call you Alec.

  Alec : If he must.

• Maire : You hardly talk to him.

  Alec : Ach... I try. He hardly says a word.

  Maire : You have to show him that you want him.

  Alec : I feed him, put clothes on his back, share my house with him. I can't help not having feelings for him the way you do.

• Tomás : A seal!

  Alec : Aye. The mothers go fishing and leave the wee ones on the shore. Sometimes they don't come back.

• Maire : Nothing wrong with a bit of colour, is there?

  Alec : Not as long as it's on you.