Widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish films of all time, Pat Murphy’s period biopic tells the story of revolutionary Anne Devlin from her beginnings as a young woman politicised by the oppression around her, to her planning with Robert Emmet of the renewed United Irish insurrection against British rule in Ireland.

Described by the Irish Times as a “painterly film”, cinematographer Thaddeus O’Sullivan uses stark natural light, adding a palpable coldness and rigid texture to the film’s spaces: uninhabited country houses and stone prisons. Within this setting stands Bríd Brennan in the title role - extraordinary as the sensible, determined and gutsy young woman. In her second feature after the feminist Troubles drama, Maeve, Pat Murphy brings a historical figure to life with admiration, directness and a masterly use of understatement.

The film will be followed by a Q&A with its creative team: writer and director Pat Murphy, lead actor Bríd Brennan and cinematographer, Thaddeus O’Sullivan. The conversation will be led by filmmaker, Margo Harkin.

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