Matt Bissonnetteâs new feature
Death of a Ladiesâ Man was surely a pleasant surprise at this yearâs edition of the Galway Film Fleadh (20-25 July). This Canadian-Irish co-production, presented last September at the Calgary International Film Festival, had its international premiere at the Irish gathering.
Samuel OâShea (
Gabriel Byrne) is an Irish college professor living in Montreal, who starts experiencing a series of bizarre hallucinations, possibly enhanced by his poorly hidden alcohol addiction. One day, after a medical check, he is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and left with â at best â between a few months and one year to live. A Gabriel Byrne in a state of grace brings life to this compelling portrait of a 62-year-old womaniser and absent father trying to reconnect with his two kids, a gay hockey player (
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