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Director
Cathal Black
Credits
Producer: Daryl Collins. Writer: Cathal Black, Joe O'Byrne
Principal Cast
Andrew Scott, John Doyle, Fiona Molony, Vass Anderson
Category
Feature
Adapted from a short story by John McGahern, teenager Eamon (Andrew Scott) spends his last summer before leaving home with his father, eel fisherman John Doyle (Donal Donnelly). Tensions over fishing rights arise with neighbour Ben Moran (Vass Anderson), an old civil war adversary, which are further compounded when Eamon falls in love with Moran’s daughter Una (Fiona Molony). With unemployment looming, Eamon thinks of emigration to the US despite the fact that Moran’s conscripted son was recently killed in Korea and returned home in a coffin. The film revisits themes of generational conflict and examines the inextricable hold of history on the present. (Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn)
87 minutes, Ireland, 1994, Colour
ABOUT DRY GRASSES 15:00, 19:10
AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS: THE DOOM GENERATION 17.00
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: BRITISH & IRISH (DOUBLE BILL) 13.40
CROSSING 11:40, 20:40
I SAW THE TV GLOW 15.40, 18.00
LA CHIMERA 14:10
NOTES FROM SHEEPLAND 14:00, 18:50
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 11:10
THE CONVERSATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY 4K RESTORATION 20:15
THE SATURDAY SERIAL: INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY 11.00
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