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An Cailin Ciuin

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  • Registered Users Posts: 100 ✭✭ No Bills




  • Registered Users Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭ sporina


    its fannnnnntastic... go see (but bring tissues)



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,626 CMod ✭✭✭✭ pixelburp


    Mark Kermode was most praiseworthy of this, seems to be championing it a little



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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭ sporina


    sure was - honestly.. never been moved by a movie like that before.. "mov'-ie" personified (to me)



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭ Shelga


    Went to see it tonight, just brilliant. I’m always wary of rave reviews as expectations can be set too high then, but it was so moving. Just gorgeous.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭ sporina


    i have never been affected by a movie like that before.. twas like I was being drawn in - without knowing.. twas quite meditative really upon reflection..



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 17,797 CMod ✭✭✭✭ The Black Oil


    Didn't feel like I was watching actors (the family, the girl). Really glad I went to see it.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭ sporina


    a powerful review - fab.. yep - twas sooooo good..



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭ rogber


    Saw it in the IFI recently followed by Q&A with director and cast.

    Can only echo all the other comments, it's a beautiful film and weepy without being at all sentimental.

    Surprised no-one has mentioned the source material: the story/novella Foster by Claire Keegan. A beautiful piece of contemporary literature, and this is a rare case where both book and film are equally excellent.



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭ Spon Farmer


    I saw this yesterday. I was aware that it was as being praised and had won at the IFTAs but knew nothing else and honestly I was grim and depressing.

    What a fantastic movie. Brilliant performances, a heartbreaking story, fabulous cinematography and filmmaking.

    You know a mile off that the Kinsella’s have a secret and can easily guess what it is - it has been done a thousand times - but how it unfolds and the aftermath make it seem new.

    The kid is an absolute treasure.

    I haven’t yet been brought to tears by a movie but I came damn close when Seán left the Kimberley biscuit on the table for Cáit.




  • Registered Users Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭ sporina


    I have the book but actually don't wanna read it having watched the film; I dunno why - a combination of the fear that I might loose the magic of the film or that it might affect me even more deeply (though I am lucky to be able to say, I had a great childhood; good parents, food and shoes etc... and got to run free in the countryside)

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭ rogber


    I can only urge you to have a rethink. The book is exquisite and the small differences between book and film are also very interesting to observe.

    But yes, maybe at the end of summer, when the images from the film have faded a bit and the book can be read on its own terms :)



  • Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭ Davy05


    Is it only in cinema's or can it be streamed anywhere?



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,295 ✭✭✭ Abominable Dr. Phibes


    Went to see this last night. An absolutely stunning little movie. The cinematography was beautiful.



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭ Spon Farmer




  • Registered Users Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭ sporina


    i really think its worth seeing in cinema.... in order to fully get into the vibe of the movie.. like, its kinda meditative - zero distractions needed in order to feel its full impact.. well, that would be my thinking on it anyway.. depends on the person I guess.. if your not easily distracted then at home might be ok..



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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭ sporina


    yes, I was like, if "this" happens, i'm walking out.. 😳



  • Registered Users Posts: 27,030 ✭✭✭✭ HeidiHeidi


    It's a gorgeous film, isn't it? So evocative for those of us who grew up in the 70's/80's.

    My niece has a part in it, so we were at the showing for the opening of the DIFF - and while I'd heard about it, and the book, I wasn't prepared for the effect the ending would have on me - I was in absolute ribbons coming out of the cinema!

    Between it, and Arracht (couldn't be more different, but equally gorgeous), and Róise and Frank (which I haven't seen, but is on my list), all collecting awards all over the shop, the Irish language in film is having quite a moment!



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,295 ✭✭✭ Abominable Dr. Phibes


    I never go back to the cinema a 2nd time to watch a movie, but I did for this. Just as remarkable on 2nd viewing. The cinematography is extraordinary; the performances magical; it's almost a meditative experience in some ways.

    Is this still eligable for the awards season next year? It really is that good.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭ sporina


    "meditative" for sure.. my sentiments exactly.. twas like the director brought us down to the basics.. then BOOM.. and I wasn't expecting it.. I felt angry for a time.. but then touched.. it really was beautifully made



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭ Spon Farmer


    Yes I kept thinking something bad was going to happen the child.

    I kept telling myself drowning in the well was way too predictable but the way scene unfolded - and so slowly - my heart stopped. I was so relieved to see her walking across the field the at I nearly cried.



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭ Spon Farmer


    It was a delight to hear Wanderly Wagon playing on the TV off screen.

    I hadn’t heard of Rosie & Frank. I would look it up - will keep an eye out though. Thanks for mentioning it.



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭ Spon Farmer


    Getting to a cinema is difficult but I want to go see this again too.

    I really wanted this movie to just keep on going



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭ Spon Farmer


    I had assumed before going that the movie was going to be set in the Gaeltacht so was surprised that it was Waterford.

    Was there households and communities around Ireland at that time Irish was the first language?

    Or was it simply the desire of the filmmakers for Irish to be the primary language of the film regardless?



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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭ sporina


    i actually asked the director about this - his answer was "We made it under the Cine4 scheme which is for Irish-language films and is funded by TG4, Screen Ireland and the BAI"



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