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Sat 6th | 8pm
St. Fin Barres Cathedral
Admission: €15 / €12 conc
L'Homme du large, Marcel L'Herbier's first great film, offers an extraordinarily compelling portrayal of the forces of good and evil that motivate human behaviour.
The harsh Brittany coast provides an appropriate setting for this tale of filial betrayal and redemption. The alluringly beautiful but fearsome open sea emphasises the temperament of the fisherman Nolff, a simple solitary soul whose only wish is that his son becomes like him. Meanwhile, the scenes of wild debauchery in a town tavern reveal the true nature of Nolff's wayward son, Michel. The narrative approach is simple but astonishingly effective, with moments of harrowing dramatic intensity gradually building to a genuinely poignant climax. In addition, the documentary-style filming of an Easter festival provides an illuminating record of Breton life in the early part of the Twentieth Century.
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh plays traditional and contemporary folk music on fiddle, 5-string viola and hardanger fiddle. As a traditional fiddler, his Kitty Lie Over album with uilleann piper Mick O'Brien was described in the Irish Times as "a niftier mood enhancer than any drug therapy".
He was commissioned by the Project Arts Centre to produce a solo show of film & fiddle which premiered in December 2009. He has worked on audio installations for the Irish Museum of Modern Art and was commissioned by the Abbey Theatre to compose the music for Thomas Kilroy's new play, Christ Deliver Us. CFFF is proud to premiere this specially commissioned score of L'Homme du Large by Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh with accompaniment by cellist Kate Ellis of the Crash Ensemble.
Supported by the Cork-Rennes Twinning
St. Fin Barres Cathedral
Admission: €15 / €12 conc
L'Homme du large, Marcel L'Herbier's first great film, offers an extraordinarily compelling portrayal of the forces of good and evil that motivate human behaviour.
The harsh Brittany coast provides an appropriate setting for this tale of filial betrayal and redemption. The alluringly beautiful but fearsome open sea emphasises the temperament of the fisherman Nolff, a simple solitary soul whose only wish is that his son becomes like him. Meanwhile, the scenes of wild debauchery in a town tavern reveal the true nature of Nolff's wayward son, Michel. The narrative approach is simple but astonishingly effective, with moments of harrowing dramatic intensity gradually building to a genuinely poignant climax. In addition, the documentary-style filming of an Easter festival provides an illuminating record of Breton life in the early part of the Twentieth Century.
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh plays traditional and contemporary folk music on fiddle, 5-string viola and hardanger fiddle. As a traditional fiddler, his Kitty Lie Over album with uilleann piper Mick O'Brien was described in the Irish Times as "a niftier mood enhancer than any drug therapy".
He was commissioned by the Project Arts Centre to produce a solo show of film & fiddle which premiered in December 2009. He has worked on audio installations for the Irish Museum of Modern Art and was commissioned by the Abbey Theatre to compose the music for Thomas Kilroy's new play, Christ Deliver Us. CFFF is proud to premiere this specially commissioned score of L'Homme du Large by Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh with accompaniment by cellist Kate Ellis of the Crash Ensemble.
Supported by the Cork-Rennes Twinning
