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Director
Robert Wynne-Simmons
Credits
Producer: Tony Dollard
Cinematographer: Seamus Corcoran
Writer: Robert Wynne-Simmons
Principal Cast
Mary Ryan, Mick Lally, Don Foley, Tom Jordan, Cyril Cusack.
Category
FeatureClassicHorror
Set in rural, pre-famine Ireland, a time when poverty and magic were accepted as facts of life, this is the haunting tale of a young girl's discovery of her own powers through a 'a wild, ungodly man' and the passage it offers her into a magical world of imagination and beauty. Starring Mary Ryan, Mick Lally and Cyril Cusack, Robert Wynne-Simmon's film won the top award at the 1985 Brussels festival of fantasy films. It tells the strange love story of Michael (Lally) and Maura (Ryan). Accused of witchcraft by her friends and family, Maura is forced to employ real magic as protection against her violent exclusion from the community. Wynne combines elements of horror, comedy and inescapable tragedy with moments of supernatural beauty to produce an intelligent and visually stunning directorial debut.
104 minutes, Ireland, 1982, Colour
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 13:00, 20:50
KIDNAPPED 15:15, 18:00
PERFECT DAYS 15:30, 20:30
PNYC: PORTISHEAD – ROSELAND NEW YORK 18.30
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 13:30, 16:00, 18:10, 20:40
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 13:10
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