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  • One Hundred Mornings

    October 29, 2009 @ 12:33 pm | by Fiona

    Finally got to see Conor Horgan’s exceptional debut feature, One Hundred Mornings, last night. Though set in a post-apocalyptic Ireland, this subtle, intelligent film focuses on the human drama played out among its four central characters rather than the science fiction future of a Western world that has somehow fallen apart. Beautifully shot in muted, earthy colours, One Hundred Mornings is both harrowing and humorous, though the overarching tone is one of grim stoicism. Horgan elicits some fine performances from his tiny cast, and a cloying claustrophobia is expertly juxtaposed with a vast, surrounding emptiness. The film premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in July, but has yet to get a general release: in case it does, I won’t go into any further detail though I’d love to witter on about the joy of a new film talent and the finer points of the flick, but if it does, and you do get a chance to see it, then do. And you don’t have to take my word for it: here’s what yon Screenwriter Donald Clarke said about it.

  • 2 Comments »

    1.
    October 29, 2009
    1:18 pm

    Had not heard of the film, it sounds interesting, hope it makes it stateside, thanks!

    Comment by Séamus
    2.
    October 29, 2009
    1:27 pm

    Seamus: Definitely one to watch, if you get the chance! There’s this review on Quiet Earth, but I don’t know if that means that it’s been screened in the States at some festival or other? http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2009/07/31/Review-of-Irish-apocalyptic-drama-ONE-HUNDRED-MORNINGS

    Comment by Fiona

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