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Director
Paddy Hayes
Principal Cast
Noel Hill
Category
DocumentaryIrish Language
A searing portrait of one of Ireland’s most renowned traditional musicians, concertina player Noel Hill, as he recovers from a serious assault that left him a battered shadow of his former self. Noel Hill’s dream of a new life with his young family in Connemara was shattered when he was brutally assaulted in a local pub by a builder with whom he had been in legal dispute. The physical damage to his face required ten hours of corrective surgery while the psychological damage robbed him of his ability to play music and blighted him with ongoing flashbacks and PTSD. Paddy Hayes’s documentary follows Noel’s recovery and is ultimately hopeful as it reflects on the redemptive power of music. Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn
95 minutes, Ireland, 2017, Colour
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN 20:25
BLUE ROAD – THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY 13:50
BRIEF ENCOUNTER (80TH ANNIVERSARY) 16:00
FROM THE VAULTS – THE COUNTRY GIRLS 18.30
I’M STILL HERE (PREVIEWS FROM FEBRUARY 14TH) 18:00
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL 13:30, 18:00
THE BRUTALIST (70MM) 13:40
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG 20:00
TO A LAND UNKOWN 15.40, 20.50
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