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Arracht
Last year’s Capital Irish Film Festival was one of the last vestiges of movie-going normalcy in the Washington area. In late February and early March of 2020, fans of movies and Irish culture had the opportunity to explore films of all genres from the Emerald Isle before theaters closed. This year’s festival is a little bit different, but Solas Nua and the American Film Institute remain committed to offering Ireland’s best just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. The 2021 Capital Irish Film Festival is entirely virtual, and individual and all-access passes are available online from March 4 through 14. As always, the fest offers an impressive variety of films that should accommodate anyone’s taste.
Arracht, which is Ireland’s entry for the 2021 Oscars’ best international feature film category.
Have we entered the age of the famine film? I don’t know for sure, but quite frankly it’s past due. Either way, writer and director Tomás Ó Súilleabháin’s Irish language drama is a welcome addition to the (hopefully) burgeoning field: a wonderfully shot and beautifully scored examination of the Great Famine. in which the Connemara seascape becomes the star.
With word coming of the imminent potato blight, Coleman Sharkey (Dónall Ó Héalai) works relentlessly along with his brother, Seán (Eoin O’Dubhghaill), both fishing and farming, to provide for his wife and young son. He also agrees to take in Patsy (Dara Devany), a man recently returned from Britain and rumoured to be a deserter from the army. When local thugs call around to Coleman’s farm, threatening violence upon non-payment of rent, he decides to visit the wealthy landlord (Michael McElhatton) along with S