Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 07/10/2014

  • DAS LEBEN IST NICHTS FÜR FEIGLINGE

    Life’s No Piece of Cake

    An insightful and moving tragicomedy about a 15-year-old girl, Kim, and her struggle to cope with her mother’s death. Alienated by her father Markus’s grief, Kim retreats further into her Goth-like persona, eventually running away to Denmark with boyfriend... Read More

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    Times: 10.30

  • HUMAN CAPITAL

    Dino (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is a real estate agent who is easily seduced by the trappings of wealth, and fancies himself as deserving of a payday. He throws his lot in with hedge-fund hawker Giovanni Bernaschi (Fabrizio Gifuni), the father of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.10

  • LE JOUR SE LÈVE

    A gunshot rings out and a man stumbles through an apartment doorway, falling down dead. His killer remains behind the door of the apartment, which is quickly under siege from the gendarmes. As neighbours gossip about what a happy and... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

    This film closes on Thursday, October 16th.

    It’s 1928, and celebrated illusionist Stanley Crawford (Colin Firth) is wowing crowds performing as Chinese magician Wei Ling Soo. After a show in Berlin, he is approached by old friend Howard (Simon McBurney),... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.00|20.35

  • MAPS TO THE STARS

    This film closes on Thursday, October 16th.

    Newly released from a psychiatric hospital, Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) embarks on a Hollywood adventure, connecting with Carrie Fisher via Twitter and sparking the intrigue of Jerome (Robert Pattinson), a wannabe actor/writer and driver... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30|16.00|20.30

  • TONY BENN: WILL AND TESTAMENT

    We will have special guests introducing screenings of this film. Please see times & details below. 

    Tony Benn was elected a British Member of Parliament in 1950. During a long and influential career that witnessed great social upheaval, he had... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • TONY MANERO (EVENING COURSE: SOUTH FACING)

    Pablo Larraín populates a grim, sometimes brutal depiction of Pinochet’s Chile with a white-suited, Travolta-idolising aging dancer, Raúl Peralta, who has big dreams, but also a strong hold in the Santiago underworld. Brilliantly portrayed by Alfredo Castra, Raúl, ensures that nobody... Read More

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    Times: 18.30

  • VIOLETTE

    Divided into chapters, each named after a figure instrumental in shaping Violette Leduc’s discordant life, director Martin Provost’s depiction of the acclaimed French author is forceful and moving. Beginning with Violette’s unruly relationship with duplicitous writer Maurice Sachs, the film... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00

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