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One new release arrives at the Irish Film Institute on Friday the 23rd of August 2019: Pain and Glory.
Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
PAIN AND GLORY “All this customary excellence is in the service of a story that, though drenched in the sourness of mortality, allows in cautious optimism about the human condition. Pedro isn’t giving up.” 5/5 – Irish Times
“Superb” 4/5 – RTÉ
“This is not the first time Almodovar’s life has intruded on his work, but Pain And Glory is his most intensely personal film to date. It’s also movingly elegiac.” 4/5 – Irish Independent
“Pain and Glory, the filmmaker’s best and most personal movie in years, brings him back to mortal terrain.” IndieWire
“Everything about Pain and Glory is awake and alive, and Almodóvar’s nerve endings become ours, too.” Time Magazine
“A mature work of meticulously tuned meta-fiction…” Variety
AKIRA (4K RESTORATION) 18.20
ALAN GILSENAN: THE JOURNEY OF WEATHER-EXPOSED BONES 13.30
AMÉLIE (25th ANNIVERSARY) 18.15
BEFORE MIDNIGHT 15.50
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER 11.00, 20.55
IFI FAMILY: MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO 11.00
MYSTERY MATINEE APRIL 2026 13.00
PRIMAVERA 13.20, 18.30
REBUILDING 10.50
ROSE OF NEVADA 15.50 (OC), 20.50
THE DRAMA 21.00
THE STRANGER 15.40
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council
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