Ireland
DEAD LONG ENOUGH
2005, Tommy Collins, Ireland, 82 min.
With Jason Hughes, Michael Sheen, Angeline Ball
Sad-sack lawyer Ben (Hughes) has a love-hate relationship with his rock star brother Harry (Sheen of THE QUEEN), and it all goes back to rivalry over a certain redheaded lass in Donegal. No matter that the lady in question gave them both the kiss-off 16 years before. With a hidden agenda, Harry drags Ben off to visit their hometown where, in the course of a farcical “stag night” involving the whole town, all is revealed amid lashings of Irish traditional music. In English. 35mm print courtesy of Media Luna Entertainment. (BS)
Saturday, March 10, 4:45 pm
Wednesday, March 14, 8:00 pm
48 ANGELS
2006, Marion Comer, Ireland, 95 min.
With Shane Brolly, John Travers
A small boy desperate for a miracle, a runaway teen, and a bleeding convict who faces the end of the road as police close in, are thrown together by fate on a lake island in present-day Northern Ireland. A kid’s naïve belief that the crucified Jesus has come down from heaven to answer his prayer comes up against the complex reality of Ireland’s “troubles.” In English. 35mm print courtesy of Fantastic Films and Artist View Entertainment Inc. (BS)