The Tiger’s Tail
After a chance encounter, a Dubliner (Gleeson) is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself
The Butcher Boy
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie’s world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences
The Ballroom of Romance
A lonely farmer’s daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom
Mystics
A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead
Dancing at Lughnasa
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s
Cal
Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA