Arracht eyes potential Oscar nomination as voting nears for 10-film Shortlist | The Irish Film & Television Network
Gaza, Viva, Song of Granite, As If I Am Not There, and Kings unsuccessful in receiving nominations. Paddy Breathnach's Viva did however make the nine film shortlist in 2015 for the previous Foreign Language Film award. About the Film Set in 1845, Arracht is a poignant and inspiring story set on the eve of The Great Hunger. When Colmán Sharkey, a fisherman, a father, a husband, takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest. Patsy, a former soldier in the Napoleonic wars arrives just ahead of 'the blight,' a disease that eventually wipes out the country's potato crop, contr...
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