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This week’s new releases at the Irish Film Institute on Friday October 1st 2021 are Gagarine and Oliver Sacks: His Own Life.
Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“This mesmerising debut about a teenager looking to fix up his Paris estate passes up the usual angry social-realism in favour of something more celestial.” 4/5 – Guardian
“Liatard and Trouilh craft an imaginative debut feature from the rubble.” 4/5 – The Irish Times
“Bathily brings a gentle physicality and quiet enthusiasm to the role, in a performance that grows in depth as the film becomes more melancholy and fantastical.” 4/5 – Empire
“This remains one of the year’s most gripping documentaries. The story is extraordinary.” 4/5 – The Irish Times
“It doesn’t flinch from the darkness of Sacks’s childhood or from the insecurities that dogged him though his life. And yet it is still a celebration.” 4/5 – The Telegraph
“What a man. Just writing this makes me want to watch the documentary all over again.” 4/5 – Guardian
BLUE ROAD – THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY 13:30
FOUR MOTHERS 13:50
FRÉWAKA 14:00, 18:30
HOLY COW 15:50
I’M STILL HERE 15:40
JULIE KEEPS QUIET 16:20, 20:45
THE PENGUIN LESSONS 20:45
THE RETURN 20:40
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