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Bernard MacLaverty (writer)
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28 October 2003 (UK)
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 win
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Beautiful, haunting, bleak
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(Credited cast) | Susan Lynch | ... | Woman |
| Dick Holland | ... | Father |
| Brian Devlin | ... | Priest |
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| Patrick Fitzsymons | ... | Paddy's Father |
| Genna McCormick | ... | Bye-Child |
| Daniel McGrady | ... | Paddy |
| Paul Stewart | ... | Chris |
| David Stratton | ... | Frankie |
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UK:15 min
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Follows The Fall of Shug McCracken (2002)
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This film starts with the sound of heavy breathing and the camera tracking backwards and forwards, keeping the bright white moon in sight. This opening sets up the key visual and aural themes of the film: heavy breathing, the inability to express oneself in articulate speech, the inadequacy of speech and then the moon - symbol of ancient pagan belief and the "miracle" of modernity, progress and science. In the midst of these philosophical motifs is a breathtakingly sad story of child abuse and sexual violence, handled with admirable restraint and sympathy. Wonderful poetic moments too - the close-up on the kettle reaching boiling point or the shock of the final revelation of the child's face. An amazing achievement by Mclaverty, and a film that speaks volumes in a very sparse, pared down, controlled use of sound and image.