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THIS MORTAL COIL: PONETTE

Jacques Doillon,

Germaine de Staël opined that “we understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love.” Although the loss of loved ones is part of the natural order, it can be even more devastating…

THIS MORTAL COIL: THE SWEET HEREAFTER

Atom Egoyan,

While Ponette focuses on the experiences of an individual child trying to come to terms with a loss whose meaning she is trying to grasp, the incomprehensible grief suffered in The Sweet Hereafter is that of a community that loses…

This Must be the Place

Paulo Sorrentino, 118 minutes, 2011

Cheyenne, a wealthy former rock star now living in listless retirement in Dublin, embarks on a quest to find his father's persecutor, a Nazi war criminal hiding out in the US. Estranged from his father for over 30 years, Cheyenne…

This Other Eden

Muriel Box, 81 minutes, 1959

The first Irish feature to be directed by a woman, This Other Eden is a comedy set in 1945 where the erection of a statue of patriot martyr Jack Carberry creates problems in a small town. With the return of…

The Tiger’s Tail

john Boorman, 107 minutes, 2006

An identity thriller, a family drama, and an attack on upper-class privilege, The Tiger’s Tail reunites John Boorman and Brendan Gleeson, the creative duo behind powerhouse crime drama The General, to tell this contemporary fable. Gleeson plays Liam O’Leary, a…

Tomato Red

Juanita Wilson, 112 minutes, 2017

Oscar-nominated Irish director Juanita Wilson’s second feature is an adaptation of the novel longlisted in 2000 for what was then the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award by ‘country noir’ author Daniel Woodrell, whose work has previously been brought to the…

Traveller

Joe Comerford, 80 minutes, 1982

Following an arranged marriage, Irish Travellers Michael and Angela are sent to smuggle electrical goods across the Northern Irish Border. The faltering relationship of the couple is complicated along the way by their encounter with a diffident IRA man, Clicky.…

Trojan Eddie

Gillies MacKinnon, 105 minutes, 1996

Richard Harris and Stephen Rea prove to be in fine form in this character drama that follows salesman Eddie (Rea) as he runs afoul of violent underworld boss John Power (Harris). When his wife leaves him for Power’s son Ginger…

The Truth Commissioner

Declan Recks, 85 minutes, 2016

In this provocative political thriller which deals with the complexities of post-Troubles Northern Ireland, diplomat Henry Stanfield (Roger Allam) has been appointed by the PM to lead the recently established Truth Commission. His attention is brought to focus on three…

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