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Neasa Ní Chianáin
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Producer: David Rane
Category
Documentary
The Stranger, is a haunting new documentary from Neasa Ní Chianáin (Fairytale of Kathmandu). English artist Neal McGregor died alone, aged 44, in a stone shed where he lived without water, electricity or heating on the small Donegal island of Inishbofin, leaving behind volumes of beautifully illustrated secret diaries and some animal carvings.
The Gaelic‐speaking islanders on the rapidly depopulating island knew little of Neal during the eight years he lived there. Who was The Stranger? This is a film about memory and perception, an unusual portrait of a man living on the edge, physically and mentally, and the remote island community where he chose to reside.
Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn
80 minutes, Ireland, 2014, Colour
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN 20:20
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: MÍ NA GAEILGE (PROGRAMME ONE) 13.00
BLUE ROAD – THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY 13:00, 18:00
I’M STILL HERE 15:10, 18:00, 20:10
THE BRUTALIST (70MM) 13:50
THE LAST SHOWGIRL 13:30, 18:20
VERMIGLIO 15:30, 20:45
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