Older Than Ireland features thirty men and women aged 100 years and over. Often funny and at times poignant, the film explores each centenarian’s journey, from their birth at the dawn of Irish independence to their life as a centenarian in modern day Ireland. Older Than Ireland’s observational style offers a rare insight into the personal lives of these remarkable individuals
Irish Film
Zonad (Simon Delaney) is from space…probably. Or so the Cassidy family assume when they discover an apparent alien in a shiny red space suit and helmet passed out on the living room floor beside the drinks cabinet. The Cassidys and the people of Ballymoran make the intriguing visitor feel very welcome (and in the case of mother Mary, Donna Dent, and teenage minx Jenny, Janice Byrne, they make him feel very welcome indeed). At first, ..
Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker’s worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights. Dismissed from his job, he finds solace in the bottle. All seems hopeless until Jacqueline breaks through her father’s self-imposed gloom and helps him to regenerate. An adaptation of the novel ‘A Grand Man’, by Catherine Cookson
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British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one
Horror – Don’t be afraid of the dark. Be afraid of what is in the dark. Handy man Rob is hired to brick up an abandoned mansion along the Irish coast. But, Rob feels he’s not alone. Is it kids playing a joke or a force that does not wish to be disturbed? – Robert Render, Jo Lamont-Crawford, Vivian Jamison
After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him