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Director
Cathal Black
Credits
Producer: Daryl Collins. Writer: Cathal Black, Joe O'Byrne
Principal Cast
Andrew Scott, John Doyle, Fiona Molony, Vass Anderson
Category
Feature
Adapted from a short story by John McGahern, teenager Eamon (Andrew Scott) spends his last summer before leaving home with his father, eel fisherman John Doyle (Donal Donnelly). Tensions over fishing rights arise with neighbour Ben Moran (Vass Anderson), an old civil war adversary, which are further compounded when Eamon falls in love with Moran’s daughter Una (Fiona Molony). With unemployment looming, Eamon thinks of emigration to the US despite the fact that Moran’s conscripted son was recently killed in Korea and returned home in a coffin. The film revisits themes of generational conflict and examines the inextricable hold of history on the present. (Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn)
87 minutes, Ireland, 1994, Colour
EAT / SLEEP / CHEER / REPEAT 11.10, 20.40
HOARD 15.45 (OC), 20.30
LA CHIMERA 11:00, 17:40
LOVE LIES BLEEDING 13:20, 20:30
ROME, OPEN CITY 15:50
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 13:00, 18:05
TIGER STRIPES 13:45, 18:30
WORLD CINEMA PROJECT: CHESS OF THE WIND 15.30
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