Movies: Jimmy Brennan

  • 1981
    Our Boys

    Our Boys (1981)

    Our Boys

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    Mixing classroom dramatization with documentary material, interviews with former students who recall barbaric punishments in the name of learning, and a 1932 newsreel of a triumphant Catholic congress in Dublin, this piece poses a challenging and con...

    Our Boys
  • 1984
    Pigs

    Pigs (1984)

    Pigs

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    A group of unemployed and marginalised souls eke out a meagre living by drawing welfare and occupying a derelict squat in an apocalyptic inner city Dublin. Among the undesirables are a gay man estranged from his wife, a pimp and his prostitute, a des...

    Pigs
  • 1973
    Withdrawal

    Withdrawal (1973)

    Withdrawal

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    Based on the writings of David Chapman and Jimmy Brennan, Withdrawal is about Jimmy, a heroin user in a Dublin psychiatric hospital. His thoughts and observations dominate, his subjective voice-over speculating on the lives of his companions. Jimmy l...

    Withdrawal