Film Fest: Sunday 30 Evening Feature Film 8.00pm – 10.00pm

IRISH SHORT



Wheels
Dir Cathal Black, Ireland, 27 mins, 1976
Starring: Paul Bennett, Alec Doran, Michael Duffy, Brendan Ellis, Tom Jordan, Maura Keeley.

Adapted from a short story by John McGahern, Wheels tells the story of a farmer’s son who makes an unsuccessful attempt to return to his home in the midlands from the city.


FEATURE FILM






Korea
Dir Cathal Black, Ireland, 90 mins, 1995
Starring: Donal Donnelly, Andrew Scott, Fiona Molony, Vass Anderson,
Eileen Ward


Shot in Bawnboy, Co. Cavan, this is a powerful story of the relationship between father and son, John and Eamon Doyle. Based on a short story by John McGahern, it is set in the 50's, a period of mass emigration and social change. Young Irish emigrants, on arriving in America, have been enlisted and sent to fight in the Korean war. A contemporary Romeo and Juliet story unfolds amidst rumours, vengeance, and a very original twist which combined with the subtlety of the performances and the superb camerawork.

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