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Oct-Dec 2010 Screenings

Fri 8 Oct 2010
MicMacs
(Mic Macs - A Tire L'Arigot)
Fri 22 Oct 2010
His and Hers
Fri 5 Nov 2010
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The
(Män som hatar kvinnor)
Fri 19 Nov 2010
Last Night As I Lay Dreaming
(A tribute to Robbie McMahon of SpancilHill)
Fri 3 Dec 2010
Machan
Fri 17 Dec 2010
The Snowman

The Sweet Hereafter

1997 - Atom Egoyan - 110 mins - Canada

Thu 11 Nov 1999 at 8.30pm
Lakelands Hotel, Scariff, Co. Clare

Midnight Court Rating: 3.0 (2 votes)

Genre: Drama

Storyline: A rich, complex meditation on the impact of a terrible tragedy on a small town. It is the story of a bus crash that kills 14 children. The film’s power comes from the director’s skilful ability to keep the anger and sorrow simmering just below the surface of the tale.

The central character, Mitchell Stephens (Ian Holm), a big-city lawyer who arrives to mount a class-action suit targeting the city authorities, the bus manufacturer and anyone else who can be made to pay for the accident. Stephens has also lost a child - in his case, to drugs. The one man staunchly opposed to Stephens’s efforts is Billy Ansell (Bruce Greenwood), a world-weary widower who lost his two kids in the disaster.



Verdicts from the Midnight Court

Previous Screenings

Fri 10 Jun 2005
Hero
Fri 3 Jun 2005
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Fri 27 May 2005
Since Otar Left
Fri 20 May 2005
Old Boy
Fri 13 May 2005
The Motorcycle Diaries
Fri 6 May 2005
The Return
Fri 29 Apr 2005
Valentin
Fri 22 Apr 2005
Uzak
(Distant)
Fri 15 Apr 2005
American Splendor
Sat 9 Apr 2005
Ae Fond Kiss
Sat 12 Mar 2005
EXTRA The Story of the Weeping Camel
Fri 11 Mar 2005
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Fri 25 Feb 2005
Fahrenheit 9/11
Fri 11 Feb 2005
Bad Education
Fri 28 Jan 2005
The Station Agent
Thu 13 Jan 2005
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring
Fri 10 Dec 2004
Lost In Translation
Fri 3 Dec 2004
Wilbur
(Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself)
Fri 26 Nov 2004
Respiro
Fri 19 Nov 2004
Raising Victor Vargas
Fri 12 Nov 2004
Far From Heaven
Fri 5 Nov 2004
Together With You
Fri 29 Oct 2004
Capturing The Friedmans
Fri 22 Oct 2004
Goodbye Lenin
Fri 15 Oct 2004
Mother, The
Fri 8 Oct 2004
Spellbound
Fri 1 Oct 2004
Death In Venice
(Morte a Venezia)
Fri 24 Sep 2004
Noi Albinoi
Fri 17 Sep 2004
Barbarian Invasions
(Les Invasions Barbares)
Fri 10 Sep 2004
Amandla ! A revolution in 4 part harmony
Fri 12 Dec 2003
City Of God (2)
Fri 28 Nov 2003
8 Women
Fri 14 Nov 2003
Nine Queens
Sat 1 Nov 2003
Documentary festival
Fri 17 Oct 2003
Divine Intervention
Fri 3 Oct 2003
Talk To Her
Fri 19 Sep 2003
Italian For Beginners
Fri 4 Apr 2003
No Mans Land
Fri 21 Mar 2003
Sex and Lucia
(Lucia Y El Sexo)
Fri 7 Mar 2003
Divided We Fall
Fri 7 Feb 2003
The Closet
(Le Placard)
Fri 24 Jan 2003
Salaam Bombay
Fri 10 Jan 2003
Y Tu Mama Tambien
(And Your Mother Too)
Fri 13 Dec 2002
Lagaan, Once Upon A Time In India
Fri 29 Nov 2002
George Washington
Fri 15 Nov 2002
The Taste of Others
(Le Goût Des Autres)
Fri 1 Nov 2002
The Devil's Backbone
(El Espinazo del Diablo)
Fri 18 Oct 2002
The Princess and The Warrior
Fri 4 Oct 2002
Aimée et Jaguar
Fri 20 Sep 2002
Kolya
Fri 6 Sep 2002
Monsoon Wedding
Wed 29 May 2002
Puckoon
Fri 22 Mar 2002
Amelie
Fri 8 Mar 2002
Tears of the Black Tiger
Fri 22 Feb 2002
Matador
Fri 25 Jan 2002
The Dish
Fri 18 Jan 2002
Together
Thu 16 Dec 1999
Antonia’s Line
Thu 9 Dec 1999
Feng Yue
(Temptress Moon)
Thu 25 Nov 1999
Life is Beautiful
Thu 11 Nov 1999
The Sweet Hereafter
Thu 28 Oct 1999
Short Cuts
Thu 14 Oct 1999
Delicatessen