Irish Film Institute -DRAIOCHT

DRAIOCHT

Director: AINE O'CONNOR

1996 • LE DATH • 50 NOIMEAD /


CHUN AN LA GAELACH A CHEILIuRADH TA CARTLANN SCANNAN NA H-EIREANN TAR EIS CLAR DE SCANNAIN TRI GHAEILGE A CHUR LE CHEILE.
Scriobh agus ghlac Gabriel Byrne pairt an realta ins an gne scannain ghearr, lach seo, agus be a sheol Aine O’Connor, na maireann, mar stiurthoir. Ta suiomh an scannain, Draiocht (magic) i gCo. Chill Dara ins na 1960ai agus insionn se faoi shaol corraitheach bhuachalla aon bhliain deag d’aois agus e ag dul i dtreo aois fir. Lean O’Connor gach gne da ghnathshaoil laethuil agus scrudaionn si a eiginnteachta, ata meadaithe de bharr a shaoil thuaithe, aonaraigh agus ag strus idir a thuismitheoiri, leis an athair ag ullmhu chun dul thar saile le forsai siochana Arm na h-Eireann go Congo na Beilge go raibh triobloid inti.

TO CELEBRATE LA GAELACH THE IRISH FILM ARCHIVE HAS PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAMME OF IRISH LANGUAGE FILMS.
Written by and starring Gabriel Byrne this gentle short feature marked the directorial debut of the late Aine O’Connor. Set in County Kildare in the 1960s’ Draiocht (Magic) tells of the changing world of an eleven year-old boy as he approaches manhood. Following the detail of his everyday life O’Connor explores his insecurities, which are compounded by the insular rural world he inhabits and the increasingly strained relationship between his parents, as his father prepares for a posting with the Irish Army’s peacekeeping force in the troubled Belgian Congo.
Plus MARIAN AGUS AN BANPHRIONSA
Eire 1961 – Ta meaite ag Marion Og buaileadh leis an mBeanphrionsa Grace. /
Ireland 1961 – Little Marion is determined to meet Princess Grace
Plus SPOTA
Faigheann Sean amach nach cara chach e an madra. Is leir do e seo nuair a chuireann Spot isteach go tubaisteach ar gach ghne de shaol Sean. / John discovers that not every dog is a man’s best friend, when Spot invades every aspect of John’s perfect life with devastating results.

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