Since 1987, the festival has paid tribute to many personalities from the world of English and Irish cinema : actors, actresses and directors. It is an occasion to remember those who have contributed to the dynamism of cinema from across the Channel in the past and continue to do so today.
For the 20th edition, Cherbourg festival paid tribute to three personalities :
Pat O’Connor
John Lynch
Gary Lewis
Réalisateur irlandais né en 1943 à Ardmore. |
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John is the eldest of 5 children, he was educated at St. Colman's College, Newry, and Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
John has a sister, Susan Lynch, who is an established actress in London. Along with appearing in Roan Inish she was also in Interview with the Vampire and an episode of the British crime series "Cracker".
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Born and raised in the tough Easterhouse section of Glasgow, Gary Lewis has had an exciting theatre career, which has allowed him to perform at major venues all over the country (UK).
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 Billy Elliot
|  | de Stephen Daldry avec Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis
Année de production : 2000
Durée : 1h50 In a mining village in the North of England under Margaret Thatcher in 1984, where the striking miners burnt their pianos to keep warm during the cold winter months, Billy, 11 years old and the youngest of the Elliot family, leaves the boxing ring to concentrate on dancing. His brotherand father, both on strike, find it hard to accept Billy's passion for such a "sissy" pastime. |
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Cal
| | Avec : Helen Mirren, John Lynch
Année de production : 1984
Durée : 1h42 Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella a Catholic woman whose husband, a protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA. |
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Circle of Friends
| | Le cercle des amies
Avec : Chris O'Donnell (Jack Foley), Minnie Driver (Bennie), Geraldine O'Rawe (Eve), Alan Cumming (Sean Walsh), Saffron Burrows (Nan)
Année de production : 1995
Durée : 1h43
Grande-Bretagne-Irlande-USA Circle Of Friends' is set in 1950's Ireland. The movie focuses on Benny Hogan and her best friend, Eve Malone. The story centers around Benny and Eve as they enter student life at University College, Dublin. Here Benny and Eve meet and befriend the ice-cool Nan Mahon, the 'college belle'. They also encounter the handsome and charming Jack Foley, whom Benny quickly falls for |
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Dancing at Lughnasa
| | Les Moissons d’Irlande
avec : Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke
Année de production : 1998
Durée : 1h40
Irlande In 1936, when the action of Dancing at Lughnasa takes place, it is a beautiful summer, but Europe is on the verge of terrible change.
Throughout that glorious summer, at the very edge of Europe, in Ballybeg, Donegal, the Mundy family lives a sacluded life in their small home - five sisters, one brother and Michael, the love child of christina, the youngest sister.
The film is seen though the eyes of the boy. He feels the joy and security of his close-knit clan, but his secrets and sorrows begin to seep through. The arrival Michael's father, Gerry Evans, on his way to fight against Franco in Spain, unleashes repressed passion. The Eden of Ballybeg is changed forever. |
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My name is Joe
| | de Ken Loach avec Avec Peter Mullan, Gary Lewis, Anne-Marie Kennedy
Année de production : 1998
Durée : 1h45 Joe, a reformed alcoholic on the dole but full of energy, spends most of his time supporting the worst soccer team in Glasgow. Sarah is a social worker and is totally devoted to her job. Joe meets Sarah at Liam and Sabine's house, a couple they are trying to help. After this first stormy meeting, they fall in love with each other. |
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Orphans
| | de Peter Mullan avec Douglas Henshall, Gary Lewis, Rosemarie Stevenson, Stephen Mc Cole
Année de production : 1997
Durée : 1h40
Grande-Bretagne When Mrs Flynn dies of a heart attack, her four children, thomas, Michael, Sheila and John come back to the family home in Glasgow for the funeral. Thomas, the eldest has promised to watch over his moyher's corpse in the local chapel but beforehand he hand his sibling visit the pub to drown their sorrow... |
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