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Director
Urszula Antoniak
Credits
Producer: Reinier Selen, Edwin van Meurs. Writer: Urszula Antoniak
Principal Cast
Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea
Category
Feature
The inimitable Stephen Rea offers one of his finest screen performances in Polish filmmaker Urszula Antoniak’s meditative two-hander, set amidst the wilds of Connemara. An enigmatic young Dutchwoman (Lotte Verbeek), lost in grief, abandons her worldly possessions to live rough in the West of Ireland. Her travels lead to the home of a solitary widower (Rea) who offers her safe haven: she accepts, on the understanding that any type of meaningful relationship is strictly off-limits. Antoniak wisely lets the audience fill in the blanks, conjuring a slow-burning, sensual mood piece, by turns tentative and affecting, adeptly telegraphed by Rea and Verbeek – the latter was snapped up by Rea cohort Neil Jordan for his TV smash The Borgias. Ireland has rarely looked more stunning onscreen.
Notes by Derek O'Connor
85 minutes, Ireland/Netherlands, 2009, Colour
ANORA 15:30
BIRD 11:10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL – IFI FAMILY: SAUVAGES 11.00
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: AGATHA AND THE LIMITLESS READINGS 14.10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: BEING MARIA 15.10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: JIM’S STORY 17.30
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: MARCELLO MIO 19.50
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: SCÉNARIOS + EXPOSÉ DU FILM ANNONCE DU FILM ‘SCÉNARIO’ 12.10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: SOULEYMANE’S STORY 13.00
HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR 13:40, 18:20
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE 16:20, 18:30
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT 20:10
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR 20:40
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