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Director
Orla Walsh
Credits
Producer: Paul Donovan. Writer: Orla Walsh
Principal Cast
Magael MacLaughlin, Ger Carey, Brendan Laird
Category
ShortF-Rated
Political violence in Northern Ireland provides the setting for this provocative short film from Orla Walsh which tackles women’s experiences of both state and republican violence. Sheila (Magael Mclaughlin) travels to the notorious Maze Prison to meet her imprisoned husband Sean (Ger Carey), thinking about both Ger’s arrest and her current pregnancy as she does so. Made in a similar vein to Pat Murphy’s Maeve or Margo Harkin’s Hush-a-Bye Baby, The Visit is another example of the vital energy that coursed through the Northern Irish women’s movement.
22 minutes, Ireland, 1992, Colour
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN 15:40
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: LOVE HURTS (PROGRAMME 2) 12.45
BLUE ROAD – THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY 13:35, 20:40
HARD TRUTHS 16:10, 20:40
INGMAR BERGMAN: TO JOY 18.30
MARIA 13:30
PRESENCE 17:05
THE BIGGER PICTURE: HANDS ON A HARDBODY: THE DOCUMENTARY 18.20
THE BRUTALIST (70MM) 13:00, 19:00
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