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Director
Paddy Breathnach
Credits
Producer: Ed Guiney. Writer: Joe O'Connor
Principal Cast
Brendan Coyle, Juliette Gruber, Andrea Irvine
Category
Feature
Director Paddy Breathnach’s debut feature, Ailsa is a moody, atmospheric depiction of a man’s descent into obsession and madness. Myles (Brendan Coyle) is a tenant whose mental stability is shattered when he discovers his landlord dead after a tragic accident. Reeling, he fixates (?) upon new and beautiful tenant Campbell Rourke (Juliette Gruber) and slowly makes her the centre of his life. As his interest in her grows and he begins to pry into her affairs he neglects his old life, endangering not only his job but also his relationship with girlfriend Sara (Andrea Irvine). Breathnach and Coyle carefully manage this collapse into psychosis, avoiding melodrama or cliché as violence and depression take hold.
1994, Ireland, 75 minutes, Colour
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 16:00, 20:45
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: SPRING FORWARD (PROGRAMME 1) 13.20
BALTIMORE 13:30
DUNE: PART TWO (70MM) 19.40
FROM THE VAULTS: ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: THE ART OF LIVING 18.30
IO CAPITANO 15:50
JEANNE DU BARRY 14:30, 18:10
ON THE WATERFRONT 70TH ANNIVERSARY 13:40
PERFECT DAYS 20:30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 17:15
WILD STRAWBERRIES: THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 11.00 (OC)
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