In advance of its streaming premiere on @criterioncollection, Irish filmmaker Dónal Foreman’s “beautifully dreamy metafiction” The Cry of Granuaile plays in New York City for one night only - Monday, November 25th, 7pm at @roxycinemanyc - followed by a Q&A with the director hosted by @filmcommentmagazine editor @devikagirgayi. This genre-defying blend of psychodrama and fantasy follows a grieving American filmmaker and her Irish assistant as they research the story of Granuaile, Ireland’s legendary 16th-century ‘pirate queen’. Starring acclaimed character actor Dale Dickey (Breaking Bad, Winter’s Bone) and emerging Irish star Judith Roddy (Say Nothing, Derry Girls) and filmed on lush 16mm in the West of Ireland, the film blurs boundaries between past and present, myth and history, dream and reality...
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