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MARK O’CONNOR
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Feature
This debut feature from Mark O’Connor (King of the Travellers, Cardboard Gangsters) avoids genre clichés and creates credible and likeable portraits of small-time gangsters in Dublin’s inner city. The film pulsates with freewheeling male friendship in a deprived urban setting, with a loose-limbed plot rolling through entirely convincing dialogue and a chain of often hilarious encounters. The cast of then-unknown actors includes early performances from Peter Coonan, Barry Keoghan and Damien Dempsey - who also provides a contemporary Irish folk music soundtrack, lending an unexpected, timeless tone to this portrait of a community sandwiched between the Royal and Grand Canals. Screening in memory of the late Stephen Clinch, a memorably menacing figure in all of O’Connor’s films and in Love/Hate. The film will be introduced by Mark O’Connor and Peter Coonan.
EAFFI DISCOVERIES: THE BREAKING ICE + Q&A 18.10
HEART OF AN OAK 13:00, 20:45
KINDS OF KINDNESS 14:55
SLEEP 16:15, 18:30 (OC)
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 20:50
THE COMMANDANT’S SHADOW
THE CONVERSATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY 4K RESTORATION 15:40
THE SPARROW 20:50
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