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Director
Rebecca Daly
Principal Cast
Rachel Griffiths, Barry Keoghan,Michael McElhatton.
Category
FeatureF-Rated
Margaret (Rachel Griffiths) lives a determinedly quiet life in a nondescript corner of Dublin; middle-aged and divorced, she owns a second-hand store, with little social life save for solitary trips to the local swimming pool. Her self-imposed isolation ends when she receives a phone call from ex-husband Matt (Michael McElhattan) telling her the son she abandoned in infancy, now a teenager, has gone missing, news which coincides with her decision to give shelter to Joe (Barry Keoghan), a homeless boy she finds beaten up outside her house. As Margaret’s relationship with Joe grows more intimate it becomes uncertain whether her attraction to the boy is that of a surrogate son or a potential lover. The second feature form Rebecca Daly (The Other Side of Sleep), Mammal is a tightly focused exploration of the troubling bond formed between two damaged people. Notes by David O'Mahony
96 minutes, Ireland / Netherlands / Luxembourg, 2016, Colour
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KIDNAPPED 15:20
LOVE LIES BLEEDING 16:10, 20:50
PERFECT DAYS 13:30
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 13.20, 15.50, 18.20, 20.40
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 20.30
WORLD CINEMA PROJECT: MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT 18.30
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