Eanna MacLiam

Évocation de la vie de Christy Brown, peintre et écrivain, frappe d'une paralysie spasmodique à la naissance, d’après ses Mémoires rédigés en 1954.

After a chance encounter, a Dubliner is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.

The growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.

The hot-tempered, unruly players of this pub league soccer team are in dire straits after having lost everything -- their drive, their skills and soon, their playing field. When mysterious Walter Keegan shows up offering to be their coach, captain Bubbles and the rest of his loopy, obnoxious teammates are so desperate to succeed, they agree to give him the job. Drilled into the ground with a fierce discipline they have never known, the team pushes beyond their aches and pains to gain not only redemption on the field, but more importantly, their self-respect.

L'annonce de la grossesse de Sharon, vingt ans, va semer le trouble dans une famille irlandaise très unie. D'autant plus qu'elle refuse de donner le nom du père et prétend que c'est un marin espagnol...

Martin Cahill a grandi dans une cité pauvre de Dublin. Orphelin de père, il est envoyé en maison de redressement pour avoir volé de la nourriture. Abusé par les prêtres et la police, il rejette toute autorité et, devenu adulte, prend un malin plaisir à ridiculiser l’Église et les institutions. Son audace, son humour et sa générosité en ont fait une véritable légende. Mais un jour il vole les tableaux de la Russborough House. Il devient alors la proie du fisc et de la police... mais aussi de l'IRA...

Brendan is a janitor at a university who has a fondness for gambling, especially betting on horse races. However, he doesn't have much skill at it, and poorly considered bets have drained the bank account he'd set aside for his daughter's education. Brendan's wife has made Brendan promise to give up gambling, but when their daughter announces she's just been accepted to Trinity College in Ireland, Brendan has to come up with the tuition money, and fast. While doing his sweeping at work, Brendan makes a remarkable discovery - the preserved head of an aboriginal tribesman who, under proper conditions, can pick the winners in horse races.

The thriller Boxed addresses the little-known fact that the Irish Republican Army would bring in sympathetic priests to administer last rites to those they were about to execute. The film analyzes the fallout that occurs when one of these priests ha a change of heart, deciding to fight for the life of the captive. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Les Cendres d'Angela (Angela's Ashes) est un film américano-irlandais réalisé par Alan Parker et sorti en 1999. C'est l'adaptation cinématographique du roman autobiographique homonyme de Frank McCourt. En 1935, les familles irlandaises quittaient plus leur pays pour l'Amérique que l'inverse. C'est pourtant cette voie inhabituelle qu'empruntent les McCourt après la mort brutale de leur fille à l'âge de sept semaines. Angela, la mère, et son mari alcoolique et chômeur, Malachy Senior, quittent le port de New York pour Cork avec leurs quatre fils Frank, Malachy Junior et les jumeaux Eugene et Oliver. Un accueil glacial leur est réservé a Limerick par la famille catholique d'Angela. Le père n'arrive pas à trouver de travail. Les jumeaux meurent de malnutrition...

Splendeur et misères d'un groupe de soul music de Dublin, les Commitments, formé par Jimmy Rabitte. C'est au moment où leur musique devient parfaite que leur groupe éclate.

Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is getting the better of him and he has to contend with an endless succession of loan sharks and debt collectors. He employs hopelessly incompetent staff and generally manages to keep the entire community around him ticking over. However just as Fatso seems to be getting everything under control, he is faced with a dilemma that could destroy him for good.