Mary McGuckian

The story of the life and times of Ifrah Ahmed, Somali-Irish campaigner against female genital mutilation and cutting.

The story of the life and times of Ifrah Ahmed, Somali-Irish campaigner against female genital mutilation and cutting.

Gray Matters explores the long, fascinating life and complicated career of architect and designer Eileen Gray, whose uncompromising vision defined and defied the practice of modernism in decoration, design and architecture. Making a reputation with her traditional lacquer work in the first decade of the 20th century, she became a critically acclaimed and sought after designer and decorator in the next before reinventing herself as an architect, a field in which she laboured largely in obscurity. Apart from the accolades that greeted her first building –persistently and perversely credited to her mentor–her pioneering work was done quietly, privately and to her own specifications. But she lived long enough (98) to be re-discovered and acclaimed. Today, with her work commanding extraordinary prices and attention, her legacy, like its creator, remains elusive, contested and compelling.

Gray Matters explores the long, fascinating life and complicated career of architect and designer Eileen Gray, whose uncompromising vision defined and defied the practice of modernism in decoration, design and architecture. Making a reputation with her traditional lacquer work in the first decade of the 20th century, she became a critically acclaimed and sought after designer and decorator in the next before reinventing herself as an architect, a field in which she laboured largely in obscurity. Apart from the accolades that greeted her first building –persistently and perversely credited to her mentor–her pioneering work was done quietly, privately and to her own specifications. But she lived long enough (98) to be re-discovered and acclaimed. Today, with her work commanding extraordinary prices and attention, her legacy, like its creator, remains elusive, contested and compelling.

Irish architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray (1878–1976) was a leading light in the modern design movement. This graceful portrayal of her later life and work in France focuses on the triangle of tension between Gray (Orla Brady), her lover Badovici (Francesco Scianna) and Le Corbusier (Vincent Perez). Alanis Morrissette also features as chanteuse Marisa Damia, Gray’s other lover, with Dominique Pinon (Delicatessen, Amélie) as artist Fernand Léger.

Irish architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray (1878–1976) was a leading light in the modern design movement. This graceful portrayal of her later life and work in France focuses on the triangle of tension between Gray (Orla Brady), her lover Badovici (Francesco Scianna) and Le Corbusier (Vincent Perez). Alanis Morrissette also features as chanteuse Marisa Damia, Gray’s other lover, with Dominique Pinon (Delicatessen, Amélie) as artist Fernand Léger.

A mysterious criminal rolls into a small town planning to knock off the local bank, assuming it will go off without a hitch. But when he encounters a retired poetry professor, his plans take an unlikely turn. With no place to stay, the professor generously welcomes him into his home. As the two men talk, a bond forms between these two polar opposites, and surprising moments of humor and compassion emerge. As they begin to understand each other more, they each examine the choices they've made in their lives, secretly longing to live the type of lifestyle the other man has lived, based on the desire to escape their own.

A physician who helps his clients bring new life into the world is accused of an ethical breach that's also criminal in this independent drama. Dr. Freeman (Colm Feore) is a doctor who runs an upscale fertility clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada. Freeman specializes in helping women who have had trouble getting pregnant conceive, usually through artificial insemination techniques or transplanting donated eggs into his patients. Over the course of several weeks, Freeman inseminates nine women from different walks of life, eight become pregnant and give birth to healthy children, but when the new mothers compare notes, they discover their children bear a striking resemblance to one another...

A physician who helps his clients bring new life into the world is accused of an ethical breach that's also criminal in this independent drama. Dr. Freeman (Colm Feore) is a doctor who runs an upscale fertility clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada. Freeman specializes in helping women who have had trouble getting pregnant conceive, usually through artificial insemination techniques or transplanting donated eggs into his patients. Over the course of several weeks, Freeman inseminates nine women from different walks of life, eight become pregnant and give birth to healthy children, but when the new mothers compare notes, they discover their children bear a striking resemblance to one another...

An eclectic group of people drawn from all walks of life find themselves under one roof for twenty-eight days with one thing in common, addiction.

En un periódico sensacionalista en Londres, las intrigas y la lucha por el poder entre el director y el editor (que tiene una aventura con la mujer del primero) pone al personal de la redacción en primera línea de fuego. Una guerra abierta que se refleja en las páginas del periódico. Porque, para saber cuál es la verdad que ocultan los titulares, basta con leer entre líneas...

Perú, siglo XVIII. La historia se desplaza desde los burdeles y los teatros de Lima a la majestuosa Corte de España, desde los palacios arzobispales peruanos a la Inquisición de Madrid. Cuando el puente de San Luis se rompe, cinco viajeros se precipitan al abismo. ¿Es el azar o la mano de Dios lo que reunió a estas cinco personas en ese lugar en ese momento fatídico? O, por el contrario, ¿fueron ellos mismos los responsables de lo que ocurrió?

Perú, siglo XVIII. La historia se desplaza desde los burdeles y los teatros de Lima a la majestuosa Corte de España, desde los palacios arzobispales peruanos a la Inquisición de Madrid. Cuando el puente de San Luis se rompe, cinco viajeros se precipitan al abismo. ¿Es el azar o la mano de Dios lo que reunió a estas cinco personas en ese lugar en ese momento fatídico? O, por el contrario, ¿fueron ellos mismos los responsables de lo que ocurrió?

Perú, siglo XVIII. La historia se desplaza desde los burdeles y los teatros de Lima a la majestuosa Corte de España, desde los palacios arzobispales peruanos a la Inquisición de Madrid. Cuando el puente de San Luis se rompe, cinco viajeros se precipitan al abismo. ¿Es el azar o la mano de Dios lo que reunió a estas cinco personas en ese lugar en ese momento fatídico? O, por el contrario, ¿fueron ellos mismos los responsables de lo que ocurrió?

Irlanda del Norte, poco después del alto al fuego de 1994. Hazel es protestante y Malachy católico. Su romance se ve amenazado por Rohan, que quiere que Malachy se enliste a luchar por la causa y por el hermano de Hazel, quien espía sus reuniones.

Irlanda del Norte, poco después del alto al fuego de 1994. Hazel es protestante y Malachy católico. Su romance se ve amenazado por Rohan, que quiere que Malachy se enliste a luchar por la causa y por el hermano de Hazel, quien espía sus reuniones.

Irlanda del Norte, poco después del alto al fuego de 1994. Hazel es protestante y Malachy católico. Su romance se ve amenazado por Rohan, que quiere que Malachy se enliste a luchar por la causa y por el hermano de Hazel, quien espía sus reuniones.

Irlanda del Norte, poco después del alto al fuego de 1994. Hazel es protestante y Malachy católico. Su romance se ve amenazado por Rohan, que quiere que Malachy se enliste a luchar por la causa y por el hermano de Hazel, quien espía sus reuniones.

In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient quarrel.