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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
AMÉLIE (25th ANNIVERSARY) 15.30
BACKROOMS 15.40 20.40
FAIRYLAND 13.10, 20.20
HEN (2026) 11.00
IFI, AEMI & BEALTAINE: HOMERUN: TWO FILMS FROM THE BODYVERSES SERIES 12.00
OBSESSION 20.55
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (4K RE-RELEASE) 16.10
POWER BALLAD 14.00, 18.45
THE CHRISTOPHERS 13.20, 18.10
THIS MORTAL COIL: IFI X SEANCHOÍCHE – MEMORIES
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