Set against the backdrop of a northern English coal
mining town in the 80s, Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed
drama tells the story of Billy, a young boy who
eschews the brutality of the boxing ring for the
serenity of the girl’s ballet class. But Billy’s decision is
not looked upon too kindly by his family and he
embarks on a turbulent journey to pursue his talent in
this wonderful addition to the Leaving Certificate
Comparative Study.
UK/France • 2000 • Comedy/Drama • 110 mins • Director:
Stephen Daldryz
All screenings will be followed by an hour-long
workshop focusing on key moments from the film.
Places limited. Film & Workshop: €8 per student.
Locations
Dates
Dublin IFI
Feb 11, 10.30am
Dublin IFI
Mar 11, 10.30am
ALSO SHOWING AT
Dates
Tallaght, UCI Cinema
Apr 20
Booking through IFI Education on 01 679 5744
The Last September
Sensitive and atmospheric adaptation of Elizabeth Bowen’s “Big House” novel set in Cork during the last days of the Anglo-Irish gentry. Starring Maggie Smith in the role of Lady Myra Taylor who, with her husband Sir Richard (Michael Gambon), carry on life as before, despite the encroaching War of Independence. Novelist John Banville brings an understanding of the period and complexities of Ascendancy life to his stimulating screenplay.
Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, this iconic film is an excellent new addition to the Leaving Certificate Comparative Study. Rick Blaine (Bogart) is a cynical American nightclub owner escaping the war in Europe and living in the French-controlled Moroccan city. He becomes the bearer of important travel permits, and when his ex-lover Ilsa Lund (Bergman) arrives from Paris with her fugitive husband Victor Laszlo, Rick’s sheltered world collapses and he is faced with tough decisions. A film about love, conflict and virtue, with one of the most famous and referenced endings in movie history.
USA • 1943 • Drama/Romance • 102 mins • Director: Michael Curtiz
Locations
Dates
Dublin IFI
May 5, 10.30am
Booking through IFI Education on 01 679 5744
The Constant Gardener
A new addition to the Leaving Certificate Comparative Study for 2011, The Constant Gardener is a gripping adaptation of John le Carré’s novel from the director of City of God, Fernando Meirelles. It stars Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle, a quiet and unassuming British diplomat who’s posted to Nairobi, Kenya. While he tends to his plants, his activist wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz) and her driver get brutally murdered at a crossroads in mysterious circumstances. Quayle is determined to get to the bottom of his wife’s murder, and in the process uncovers a web of corruption and greed involving powerful figures and a major drug corporation who are exploiting the locals.
UUK/Germany • 2005 • Drama • 129 mins • Director: Fernando Meirelles
Locations
Dates
Dublin IFI
May 18, 10.30am
Booking through IFI Education on 01 679 5744
GAEILGE
Seachtain na Gaeilge
5-17 Márta 2010
To mark this year’s celebration of the Irish language, we have a
programme of events for schools, delivered in conjunction with
Second Level Support Service.
Gearrscannáin
A selection of new Irish language
short films, including Cáca Milis,
the new Gearrscannán for Leaving
Certificate 2012.
Carmel NicEoin, SLSS, will attend
to talk about the film question in
Leaving Certificate Irish.
Locations
Dates
Dublin IFI
Mar 10, 10.30am
An Charraig Stoite (2003)
A profile of the poet Máirtín Ó
Direáin (Faoiseamh a
Gheobhadsa). In this film, we learn
about his approach to writing, in
particular his early writings on the
Aran Islands which marked the
beginning of the modern
Irish-language poetry movement.
Poet and lecturer Louis de Paor
will attend to talk about Máirtín Ó
Direáin’s work.
Locations
Dates
Dublin IFI
Mar 16, 10.30am
Irish Language Teacher Training – Úsáid an Ghearrscannáin
This after-school teacher training
session will focus on the language
of film and how to approach
Gearrscannáin in the classroom.
Further details in relation to dates
and times for this training will be
on the websites of both the IFI
(www.ifi.ie) and An tSeirbhís
Tacaíochta Dara Leibhéal don
Ghaeilge (www.gaeilge.slss.ie)
shortly.
Beidh sonraí maidir le dáta agus
amanna na traenála seo ar shuímh
an IFI (www.ifi.ie) agus na
Seirbhíse Tacaíochta Dara Leibhéal
don Ghaeilge (www.gaeilge.slss.ie)
go luath.
Locations
Dates
Dublin IFI
Date TBC
FRENCH
Entre les Murs/The Class
This Spring we continue our tour of the very popular film Entre les murs, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by François Bégaudeau. Laurent Cantet’s excellent film is a story of life in a contemporary French classroom, where cultures and attitudes clash, and the teacher’s methods are put to the test by his challenging students.
France • 2008 • Drama • 128 mins • English subtitles •
Director: Laurent Cantet
Locations
Dates
Dublin IFI
Mar 2, 10.30am
Dublin IFI
Apr 14, 10.30am
ALSO SHOWING AT
Dates
Athlone, IMC Cinema
Booking through IFI Education on 01 679 5744
Feb 12
Dundalk, IMC Cinema
Booking through IFI Education on 01 679 5744
Feb 23
Cork, French Film Festival
Booking through Gate Cinema on 021 427 9890
Mar 3
Kilkenny, Omniplex
Booking through IFI Education on 01 679 5744
Mar 8
Nenagh, Ormond Cinema
Booking through IFI Education on 01 679 5744
Mar 22
Limerick, Storm Cinema
Booking through Fresh Film Festival 061 319 555
Mar 23
Cinemobile – various venues nationwide.
Contact Cinemobile for more information on
091 751 629 or www.cinemobile.net
Il y a longtemps que je t’aime/
I’ve Loved You So Long
Kristen Scott Thomas excels in this award-winning French drama that tells the story of Juliette Fontaine, a woman struggling to fit back into society after spending fifteen years in prison. With no knowledge of the crime she committed, her younger sister Léa invites Juliette to stay with her. Gradually Juliette begins to fit in with her family and colleagues, and the plot leads inexorably towards Juliette’s revelation of the crime she committed.
France • 2008 • Drama • 117 mins • English subtitles Director: Philippe Claudel
Locations
Dates
Dublin IFI
May 6, 10.30am
GERMAN
Die Fälscher/The Counterfeiters
Oscar-winning film depicting Salomon “Sally” Sorowitsch, an expert Jewish counterfeiter who winds up in Mauthausen concentration camp. There he uses his unique skills to forge portraits and it doesn’t take him long to attract the attention of the Nazi guards. Sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp he, along with an equally capable team of counterfeiters, is forced to produce fake currency as part of Operation Bernhard. Its goal was to destabilise the UK by flooding its economy with forged Bank of England currency. Salomon must decide whether his actions are right as his skills are being used to prolong the Nazi war effort.
Austria/Germany • 2007 • Drama/War • 98 mins • English subtitles • Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Locations
Dates
Dublin IFI
Feb 25, 10.30am
Dublin IFI
May 4, 10.30am
ALSO SHOWING AT
Dates
Nenagh, Ormond Cinema
Booking through IFI Education on 01 679 5744
Mar 1
Dundalk, IMC Cinema
Booking through IFI Education on 01 679 5744
Mar 12
Waterford, Garter Lane Arts Centre
Booking through Garter Lane on 051 855 038
Mar 25
Cork, Gate Cinema
Booking through IFI Education on 01 679 5744
Apr 19
Tralee, Omniplex
Booking through Samhlaíocht on 066 712 9934
Apr 26
SPANISH
Rudo y Cursi
Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, famed for their performances in Y Tu Mamá También, reunite for this comical drama. Bernal and Luna play half-brothers Tato and Beto who have a typical love/hate relationship and live an impoverished lifestyle on a banana plantation. Their fortunes change when they are spotted playing football by an opportunistic talent scout who gives one of them the chance to make it big in Mexico City. They both end up playing for rival teams and experience the highs, lows and sexual encounters that accompany fame and success. With one a goalkeeper and the other a striker, their fate ultimately rests upon one spot kick.
Mexico/USA • 2008 • Drama/Comedy • 103 mins English subtitles • Director: Carlos Cuarón
Locations
Dates
Dublin IFI
May 11, 10.30am
ITALIAN/HISTORY
Il Divo
A Jury Prize winner at Cannes in 2008, this is an excellent cinematic biopic of seven-time Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, a political titan whose career was dogged with controversy. As a leader he forged close ties with the Vatican but also found himself the subject of a number of high profile criminal trials for the murder of an Italian journalist and for having connections with the Mafia. The film spans his seventh election to office of Prime Minister in 1992 up until his trial and acquittal. With a towering performance by Toni Servillo in the lead role and masterful direction by Paolo Sorrentino, this film is a fascinating look at the extraordinary life of one of Italy’s most enigmatic politicians.
Italy/France • 2008 • Drama • 110 mins • English subtitles • Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Set against the backdrop of a northern English coal
mining town in the 80s, Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed
drama tells the story of Billy, a young boy who
eschews the brutality of the boxing ring for the
serenity of the girl’s ballet class. But Billy’s decision is
Sensitive and atmospheric adaptation of Elizabeth Bowen’s “Big House” novel set in Cork during the last days of the Anglo-Irish gentry. Starring Maggie Smith in the role of Lady Myra Taylor who, with her husband Sir Richard (Michael Gambon), carry on life as before, despite the encroaching War of Independence. Novelist John Banville brings an understanding of the period and complexities of Ascendancy life to his stimulating screenplay. 
Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, this iconic film is an excellent new addition to the Leaving Certificate Comparative Study. Rick Blaine (Bogart) is a cynical American nightclub owner escaping the war in Europe and living in the French-controlled Moroccan city. He becomes the bearer of important travel permits, and when his ex-lover Ilsa Lund (Bergman) arrives from Paris with her fugitive husband Victor Laszlo, Rick’s sheltered world collapses and he is faced with tough decisions. A film about love, conflict and virtue, with one of the most famous and referenced endings in movie history.
A new addition to the Leaving Certificate Comparative Study for 2011, The Constant Gardener is a gripping adaptation of John le Carré’s novel from the director of City of God, Fernando Meirelles. It stars Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle, a quiet and unassuming British diplomat who’s posted to Nairobi, Kenya. While he tends to his plants, his activist wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz) and her driver get brutally murdered at a crossroads in mysterious circumstances. Quayle is determined to get to the bottom of his wife’s murder, and in the process uncovers a web of corruption and greed involving powerful figures and a major drug corporation who are exploiting the locals.
A selection of new Irish language
short films, including Cáca Milis,
the new Gearrscannán for Leaving
Certificate 2012.
Carmel NicEoin, SLSS, will attend
to talk about the film question in
Leaving Certificate Irish.
A profile of the poet Máirtín Ó
Direáin (Faoiseamh a
This after-school teacher training
session will focus on the language
of film and how to approach
Gearrscannáin in the classroom.
Further details in relation to dates
and times for this training will be
on the websites of both the IFI
(www.ifi.ie) and An tSeirbhís
Tacaíochta Dara Leibhéal don
Ghaeilge (www.gaeilge.slss.ie)
shortly.
Beidh sonraí maidir le dáta agus
amanna na traenála seo ar shuímh
Oscar-winning film depicting Salomon “Sally” Sorowitsch, an expert Jewish counterfeiter who winds up in Mauthausen concentration camp. There he uses his unique skills to forge portraits and it doesn’t take him long to attract the attention of the Nazi guards. Sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp he, along with an equally capable team of counterfeiters, is forced to produce fake currency as part of Operation Bernhard. Its goal was to destabilise the UK by flooding its economy with forged Bank of England currency. Salomon must decide whether his actions are right as his skills are being used to prolong the Nazi war effort.
Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, famed for their performances in Y Tu Mamá También, reunite for this comical drama. Bernal and Luna play half-brothers Tato and Beto who have a typical love/hate relationship and live an impoverished lifestyle on a banana plantation. Their fortunes change when they are spotted playing football by an opportunistic talent scout who gives one of them the chance to make it big in Mexico City. They both end up playing for rival teams and experience the highs, lows and sexual encounters that accompany fame and success. With one a goalkeeper and the other a striker, their fate ultimately rests upon one spot kick.
A Jury Prize winner at Cannes in 2008, this is an excellent cinematic biopic of seven-time Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, a political titan whose career was dogged with controversy. As a leader he forged close ties with the Vatican but also found himself the subject of a number of high profile criminal trials for the murder of an Italian journalist and for having connections with the Mafia. The film spans his seventh election to office of Prime Minister in 1992 up until his trial and acquittal. With a towering performance by Toni Servillo in the lead role and masterful direction by Paolo Sorrentino, this film is a fascinating look at the extraordinary life of one of Italy’s most enigmatic politicians. 
