The Cry of Granuaile

 

Director: Dónal Foreman

Stars: Dale Dickey, Judith Roddy, Andrew Bennett

Duration: 82 mins

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Art house

Rating: PG

Original Release: April 24 2022 (Argentina)

A grieving American filmmaker, reeling from the death of her mother, enlists the help of a young Irish academic on a trip to the west of Ireland to research a film about Granuaile, the legendary 16th century pirate queen and “nurse to all rebellions.” As the two women journey towards a remote Atlantic Island, lines begin to blur between memory and history, dream and reality.

Mixing drama and experimental film, The Cry of Granuaile is an “intellectually knotty” (Irish Times) and self-reflexive meta-narrative that examines grief, the accuracy of historical identity, and the role of process in film-making. 

 

WINNER – EX AEQUO Award for Best Performance, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2022

 

WINNER – Best Music, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2022

 

 

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