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Director
Tom Sullivan
Category
Irish Language
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Tom Sullivan and actor Donal O Healai, hosted by Ruán Magan. On the eve of the great famine, fisherman Colmán Sharkey (Dónal Ó Healaí) ekes out a meagre existence for his family on the west coast of Ireland. Wrongly blamed for the murder of an inclement local landlord (Michael McElhatton) he is forced to go on the run, hiding out in a cave on a remote rocky island where he grieves for his wife and child who have now perished in his absence. Wasting away he sinks into deep despair until his encounter with a sickly young girl (Saise Ní Chuinn) gives him a reason to live. Life is tough but tolerable until the unscrupulous murderer, now bounty hunter, reappears. Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY 12:00, 17:50
KIDNAPPED 19:00
LOVE LIES BLEEDING 14:20, 16:40
PERFECT DAYS 12:45
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 12.20, 14.40, 17.00, 19.20
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 20.10
WORLD CINEMA PROJECT: THE HOUSEMAID 15.30
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