One Million Dubliners

Truly excellent film. Well worth the wait. We see the inner workings of Glasnevin cemetery, we see the graves of the famous that are buried there, but most importantly we meet the people that work there, that more than work there. They bring it to life, not literally, but you know what I mean. The MD seems to be a really lovely man who 'picked the best flower for himself' (sweet sweet sweet). Shane Mac Thomais, the historian is beyond charming and funny, he loves the place and you know it. Watch out for the woman tourist in green, her face is full of character. The grave digging is a fine art. The crematorium technician is a lovely fellow. Aoife has done a great job of interlinking all these characters, the graves and the visitors so that the sum of the parts is an extraordinarily poignant and life affirming look at death.