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Director
MARK O’CONNOR
Category
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.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE 13.30
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 20:50
DUNE: PART TWO (70MM) 18.15
IRISH FOCUS: A GIRL CAN TOUCH THE SKY + Q&A 16.00
KIDNAPPED 14:10, 19:45
PERFECT DAYS 11:30, 17:00
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 13:20, 15:50 (OC), 18:30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 11:20
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