Irish Film - Autumn Screenings (ICC Monthly Film Club)
Description
ICC's Monthly Film Club
Wednesday - 13 September
The Wonder
Directed by Sebastian Lelio
Starring Florence Pugh, Kila Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke
Lelio's adaptation of Emma Donoghue's haunting novel sees
Florence Pugh investigate an unsettling "wonder" in 1860s Ireland
Wednesday - 11 October
Men at Lunch
Directed by Sean O'Cualain
Written by Niall Murphy
O'Cualain and Murphy's splendidly enriching documentary tells
the tale of Irish emigration behind an iconic American image
Tuesday - 7 November
The Quiet Girl (An Cuilain Ciuin)
Directed by Colm Bairead
Starring Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennet
Bairead's Oscar-nominated Irish-language movie is adapted from
Clare Keegan's poignant novella of displacement and coming-of-age
Wednesday - 13 December
Scrooge - A Christmas Carol
Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Starring Alistair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Kathleen Harrison
Belfast-born Hurst offers the standout screen version of Dickens' story
and Sim the most esteemed depiction of the our favourite seasonal villain