Aoife returns to her remote village on the southwest coast of Ireland to help her father following his heart attack. She faces her grief from her mother’s untimely death and is confronted with her feeling surrounding her relationship with her father. She begins to reconnect with her roots and finds herself returning to the competitive world of rowing Naomhogs the Irish native boats. A beautiful film portraying female friendships with a stunning backdrop of the Kerry coast.
Review: All of Us Strangers
One night in a London tower-block, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbour, Harry (Paul Mescal), which changes his everyday life. As their intimate relationship develops, Adam revisits memories of his past and is drawn back to his childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living. Adapted from a Japanese novel and nominated for 6 BAFTAs, it is a moving portrayal of loneliness and longing which demands a second viewing.
Review: Touch
After receiving an early stage dementia diagnosis, widower Kristofer leaves Iceland hoping to find his first love. As a student in London in the 1960’s, Kristofer had fallen in love with Miko whose father owned the Japanese restaurant where they both worked. Their love affair was mysteriously and unexpectedly cut short and Miko vanished. Now, as the pandemic spreads the world, Kristofer sets off to find his soulmate wherever the journey may lead.