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Trouble with Sex
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandA sexy romantic drama in which, at the outset, the characters are leading their own lives in very different worlds, though each is beset by niggling discontentment. Michelle (Renรฉe Weldon - IFTA Best Actress) is a fast-rising young Dublin lawyer with a smart apartment overlooking the Liffey, but dissatisfied in her relationship with a doctor (Declan Conlon). Conor (Aidan Gillen) is lonely and unattached, dutifully running the traditional Dublin pub owned by his hard drinking father (Eamon Morrissey). Late one night, Michelle bursts into the bar and orders a triple vodka. The consequences are explored and developed with an honesty and credibility as these disparate characters tentatively draw closer to each other. They become lovers. There is a strong sexual attraction. But there are complications along the way and the path to love can be rocky. Something's got to give. And what's the trouble with sex? You'll see...
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King Arthur
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The Middle Ages The 5th CenturyRule Your Fate. โ The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
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Laws of Attraction
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandLove always has the last word. โ Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.
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Adam & Paul
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland...and you thought you were having a bad day... โ Adam and Paul are two young junkies living in Dublin and perpetually on the lookout for their next fix. During their search, they encounter various unsavoury characters and make some futile attempts at petty theft. As their day progresses, Adam and Paul get into a good share of trouble as they do whatever they can to score heroin, eventually running afoul of an imposing thug -- who only drags them into more shady activities.
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Inside I'm Dancing
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandMichael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
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Bloom
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1900sAll of life in one extraordinary day โ Adapted from James Joyce's Ulysses, Bloom is the enthralling story of June 16th, 1904 and a gateway into the consiousness of its three main characters: Stephen Dedalus, Molly Bloom and the extraordinary Leopold Bloom.
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The Boys from County Clare
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1960sIn Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival.
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Veronica Guerin
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1990sWhy would anyone want to kill Veronica Guerin? โ In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
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Goldfish Memory
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandA small group of friends experience relationships which grow and stumble, involving everything from straight, gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationships. The speed with which these relationships last leads to the Goldfish memory effect, the belief that a Goldfish only has a 3 second memory is a metaphor for the transient nature of the characters relationships.
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Intermission
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandLife is what happens in between. โ A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.
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The Actors
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandDuring the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his character. He meets Barreller who he discovers owes someone he's never met a considerable sum of money. Seeing an opportunity to make some fast money, O'Malley convinces hapless extra, Tom, to meet Barreller as the debt collector.
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Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandEvil roams the woods of Ireland... โ Two American tourists on a romantic camping trip are brutally murdered. A few days later, during the ancient festival of Samhain, a group of American university students moves into a beautiful cottage, surrounded by a lush forest and a majestic lake They are here to learn about the rituals of the ancient Druids and other Celtic legends. But in the remains of an abandoned copper mine, lives the ancestors of an incestuous clan of cannibals. Stalked by a hulking, disfigured mutant, the students and their chaperone are in for the most harrowing time of their young lives. And keeping their heads on their necks will become their main concern...
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Song for a Raggy Boy
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1930sFour walls. One faith. No identity. โ William Franklin is a teacher who was born in Ireland and moved to the United States only to repatriate in 1939 after his leftist political views cause him to lose his job. Franklin becomes the first non-cleric instructor at St. Jude's, a school for wayward boys run by Brother John, who is a firm believer in strong discipline.
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My Name Is Yu Ming
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandYu Ming is bored of his life in China and decides to go to Ireland. He studies the language, but is dismayed to find that no one understands him when he gets there. A 2003 short film.
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Red Roses and Petrol
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandA dysfunctional Irish family gathers after the death of their patriarch.
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The Magdalene Sisters
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1960sIn a place that defied belief their only hope was each other. โ Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly caught flirting with the boys. All have to work in a laundry under the strict supervision of the nuns, who break their wills through sadistic punishment.
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Evelyn
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandThe Story of a Fatherโs Love That Changed a Nation. โ Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the childrenโEvelyn, Dermot and Mauriceโmake it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
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The Abduction Club
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 18th CenturyA group of Irish noblemen kidnap girls in order to marry into their fortune and avoid becoming priests or soldiers.
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Puckoon
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920sKnowing where to draw the line โ Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
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How Harry Became a Tree
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920sSet in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney (Colm Meany) sets out to ruin George O'Flaherty โ the most powerful man in town, who not only owns the local pub and most of the businesses in the area, but is also the local matchmaker. When Harry's son Gus (Cillian Murphy) โ upon whom Harry regularly heaps abuse (mostly mental and verbal) โ falls for the lovely Eileen, George helps get the two together. During this time, Harry quietly mobilizes his dastardly plans.
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About Adam
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandHe came. He saw. He conquered. One sister at a time. โ A waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.
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Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1900sBeatiful, seductive and totally deadly. โ Two carnies (Sewell and Gugino) abduct a mermaid in Ireland, circa 1900, and decide to transport her to America. As their ship loses its way and heads towards the mythical Forbidden Islands, the mermaid begins to display its deadly side.
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On the Edge
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandA joyride through sex, love, and other activities โ On the Edge is about suicidal patients discovering their true selves while going through therapy in a treatment center.
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On the Nose
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandBrendan is a janitor at a university who has a fondness for gambling, especially betting on horse races. However, he doesn't have much skill at it, and poorly considered bets have drained the bank account he'd set aside for his daughter's education. Brendan's wife has made Brendan promise to give up gambling, but when their daughter announces she's just been accepted to Trinity College in Ireland, Brendan has to come up with the tuition money, and fast. While doing his sweeping at work, Brendan makes a remarkable discovery - the preserved head of an aboriginal tribesman who, under proper conditions, can pick the winners in horse races.
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Ordinary Decent Criminal
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandNo Bank He Didn't Rob, No Heart He Didn't Steal. โ Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a huge embarrassment to the local police, who are determined to bring him down once and for all.
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Nora
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1900sShe gave a voice to his words and fire to his passion. โ In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank, direct and uninhibited manner, and before long, he's convinced her to come with him to Trieste, where he has a job with Berlitz. Over time, Nora pulls him through phobias, tolerates his drinking, takes in his brother Stan, and bests Joyce at 'the writin' game' to bring him back to Italy from Dublin where he's gone to open a cinema. But his sexual jealousy threatens the relationship and sends her back to Galway with the children. Is there any way to tame Jim's green-eyed monster? And, will the lad ever get his stories published?
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When Brendan Met Trudy
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandBrendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in his life -- the movies. That is until he meets Trudy, a woman who is gregarious and adventurous beyond his imagination. His entire persona changes as he becomes enveloped in her carefree and sometimes dangerous world.
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The Last September
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920sIn 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, and married house guests, who are trying to cover up that they are presently homeless. The niece enjoys romantic frolics with a soldier and a hidden guerrilla fighter. All of the principals are thrown into turmoil when one more guest arrives with considerable wit and unwanted advice.
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St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 5th CenturyA young Christian boy attends a druid worship that is attacked by invading Irish tribes. Taken captive, he is taken back to Ireland to become a slave. Enduring many hardships, he finds comfort and eventually salvation in his faith. After several years, he escapes back to England, where he joins a convent to prove his faith. His greatest desire is to return to Ireland to convert the Irish to Christianity. Years later, he is given the opportunity. Upon setting foot on the Irish soil, all snakes are aitomatically driven from the land. He then overcomes many obstacles, including disagreements with the British Cardinal (Malcolm McDowell), to fulfill his destiny and ultimately being given Sainthood.
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Flick
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandJack Flinter is skating on thin ice. Known to his friends as "Flick", he is drifting through life, dealing a bit of hash, drinking and screwing around. His girlfriend Alice has had enough. His friend and business partner Des is strung out, his behavior increasingly unpredictable. Their latest scam has them in over their heads. He meets Isabelle, a German woman visiting the city and the resulting story takes place over a few days and nights when all Jack's chickens come home to roost. His life spinning out of control, he has to make a decision - sink or swim.
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Angela's Ashes
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1940s The 1930sBased on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the IRA, and when he does find money, he spends the money on drink.
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Agnes Browne
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1960sWhen Agnes Browne's husband died, she discovered something amazing... Herself. โ Set in Dublin in 1967, the story of feisty woman, who along with her seven children, learns to cope with adversity after the unexpected death of her husband.
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Durango
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1930sIn 1939 Ireland, a young man decides to lead a forty mile cattle drive rather than selling his cattle to an unscrupulous local buyer.
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Dancing at Lughnasa
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1930sFive sisters embrace the spirit of a people. โ Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
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Waking Ned
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandHow far would you go to win a fortune! โ When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.
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The General
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1980s The 1990sThe extraordinary true story of the rise and fall of the gangster, Martin Cahill. โ In a twenty-year career marked by obsessive secrecy, brutality and meticulous planning, Cahill netted over ยฃ40 million. He was untouchable - until a bullet from an IRA hitman ended it all.
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The Eternal
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandEvil sleeps, but never dies. โ An alcoholic American couple travel to the UK with their son so he can meet his grandmother but they walk in on their crazed uncle who is in the midst of reviving a centuries-old Druid witch.
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The First Snow of Winter
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandSean is a little duck with a big problem. Due to a mishap with a jet aircraft Sean misses the annual migration South and has to face the winter alone. However, he is befriended by a water vole, and with Vole's help, Sean learns the lessons of survival, and most importantly, the value of friendship.
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How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1990s The 2000sThe film the Department of Education doesn't want you to see! โ "How to cheat the Leaving Certificate?" : a question posed by thousands of students every year in Ireland. A group of pupils set up an elaborate master-plan to beat the system and top the points race.
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The Devil's Own
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1990s The 1970sThey come from different worlds. They fight for different causes. Now, two men from opposite sides of the law are about to go to war. โ Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.
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The Matchmaker
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandA comedy for the incurably unromantic. โ Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.
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Michael Collins
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920s The 1910sIreland, 1916. His Dreams Inspired Hope. His Words Ignited Passion. His Courage Forged A Nation's Destiny. โ Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
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The Van
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1990sA comedy About Friends, Family and Fish. โ In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo behaves more like a typical boss.
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The Last of the High Kings
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1970sWhen school ends... and life begins. โ It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer organising a beach party, having lustful thoughts about two girls he believes are unobtainable and fending off the advances from a visiting American family friend, all whilst coping with his oddball family.
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The Brylcreem Boys
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1940sIn 1941, as part of an effort to remain strictly neutral, the Dublin government made a deal with both Berlin and London whereby any soldier, sailor or pilot captured on Irish soil, whether of German or Allied forces, would be interned for the duration of the war. What the Irish failed to tell was that they would intern everybody in the same camp. It is here that Canadian pilot Miles Keogh and German pilot Rudolph Von Stegenbeck meet after a fight in which both their planes were downed.
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Handel's Last Chance
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 18th CenturyAs the film opens, the career of George Frideric Handel is in tatters. Invited to Dublin to present the premiere of a new choral work, The Messiah, he can't find singers adequate for the job. A boy who steals a chicken runs into Mr. Handel. The boy's Mother was NOT an employee at the Cathedral, she cleaned and ironed shirts, so the mother "bribes" Mr. Handel with non-starched shirts to save her boy from being in jail. The choir sucks until the washer lady's son is discovered by Handel.
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House of the Damned
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandWill and Maura, despite their marital problems, decide to come to Ireland and live on Maura's ancestral estate, bringing with them their daughter Aubrey. But soon weird happenings around the house lead a local priest to confess that Maura's ancestors practiced black magic, and Maura's own insecurities threaten to bring her into the evil fold.
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The Boy from Mercury
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1960sSet in 1960s Dublin, a fatherless eight-year-old boy who feels alienated by his family, escapes his reality by deciding he's been sent from Mercury to study life on Earth. His fantasies mirror the life of his hero, Flash Gordon, from the serial he watches each week at the local cinema. His escapades result in dilemmas that drive his mother to such distraction that she turns to the boy's strange uncle for help.
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Circle of Friends
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandFor everyone who ever thought the person they loved was out of their reach โ Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer hook the biggest fish in the pond?
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Frankie Starlight
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1940sSometimes the brightest star is the one that shines within. โ The quirky story of a young boy's adventures growing up with his stunningly beautiful mother and the two very different men who love her.
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