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Director
Karl Golden
Credits
Producers: Martine Niland, Martin Brinkler. Writer: Karl Golden
Principal Cast
Alex Reid, Jonathan Byrne
Category
Feature
A romantic-comedy filmed in a distinctively realist style, The Honeymooners is a story of opposites attracting in extreme circumstances. The first of these opposites is David (Jonathan Byrne), a man who sinks into despair and drunkenness when his fiancé fails to show for their wedding. As he wallows in misery he meets the impulsive Claire (Alex Reid), a woman recently fired and caught up in a demoralising affair. Deciding to share their unhappiness the pair travel to the Donegal cottage where David had planned his honeymoon ; here their differences are slowly overcome as they bond over their common familiarity with heartbreak. In a courageous move for a first feature, director Karl Golden chooses to shoot this romantic-comedy along lines proposed by the Dogme-95 movements, introducing the grit of the real world to the romantic-comedy genre.
89 minutes, Ireland/UK, 2003, Colour
ANORA 15:30
BIRD 11:10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL – IFI FAMILY: SAUVAGES 11.00
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: AGATHA AND THE LIMITLESS READINGS 14.10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: BEING MARIA 15.10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: JIM’S STORY 17.30
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: MARCELLO MIO 19.50
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: SCÉNARIOS + EXPOSÉ DU FILM ANNONCE DU FILM ‘SCÉNARIO’ 12.10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: SOULEYMANE’S STORY 13.00
HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR 13:40, 18:20
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE 16:20, 18:30
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT 20:10
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR 20:40
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