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Atonement | Cork International Film Festival
Atonement
Showtime: Wed 18 Nov at 18:15, Sat 21 Nov at 17:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4, Arc Cinema - Screen 4
118 mins
United States
Reed Van Dyk
In the early days of the Iraq War, a U.S. Marine’s split-second decision devastates an Iraqi family. Years later, aided by a journalist (Kenneth Branagh), he seeks reconciliation with the family’s matriarch (Hiam Abbass), confronting the enduring weight of grief, guilt and and the elusive possibility of forgiveness. Devastating and profound.
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If Pigeons Turned to Gold (Kdyby Se Holubi Proměnili Ve Zlato) | Cork International Film Festival
If Pigeons Turned to Gold (Kdyby Se Holubi Proměnili Ve Zlato)
Showtime: Fri 13 Nov at 17:00, Sat 21 Nov (Online)
Triskel Cinema, Online Screening
110 mins
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Pepa Lubojacki
Pepa, the film’s writer and narrator, has "order" in her life, but her brother and two cousins David and Marco have taken to the street, where each faces addiction. A balancing act between love and contempt, care and destruction on film, that seeks to find whether family saves our life or – on the contrary – destroys it.
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