Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

BBFC Ratingf-rated FilmBlue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

Showing: 31 January 2025 until 06 February 2025

Show Times

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Fri 31 Jan 2025
Sat 1 Feb 2025
Sun 2 Feb 2025
Mon 3 Feb 2025
Tue 4 Feb 2025
Wed 5 Feb 2025
Thu 6 Feb 2025

CertificateNot Rated
Year2024
GenreDocumentary
Director(s)Sinéad O'Shea
Writer(s)Sinéad O'Shea
LanguageEnglish
CountryIreland
Running Time1HR 39MINS
SeasonMain Programme
Closed Captioning Descriptive Subtitles screening on Tues 4 Feb at 9.00pm

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story is a candid portrait of one of the world’s greatest and most charismatic writers, Irish author Edna O’Brien.

Her books were banned and burned in her native Ireland. In London and New York, she had illicit love affairs, hosted star-studded parties, and made and lost a fortune.

In her final year, aged 93, she shares her diaries and gives one last interview to filmmaker Sinéad O'Shea (Pray for Our Sinners) about her extraordinary life. Her diaries are read aloud by Oscar nominated actress Jessie Buckley (Wicked Little Letters).

The 6.15pm screening on Thu 6 Feb will be followed by a Q&A with director Sinéad O'Shea, hosted by Hugh Odling-Smee (Film Hub NI).



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