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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
AKIRA (4K RESTORATION) 18.20
ALAN GILSENAN: THE JOURNEY OF WEATHER-EXPOSED BONES 13.30
AMÉLIE (25th ANNIVERSARY) 18.15
BEFORE MIDNIGHT 15.50
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER 11.00, 20.55
IFI FAMILY: MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO 11.00
MYSTERY MATINEE APRIL 2026 13.00
PRIMAVERA 13.20, 18.30
REBUILDING 10.50
ROSE OF NEVADA 15.50 (OC), 20.50
THE DRAMA 21.00
THE STRANGER 15.40
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council
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