CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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Some Mother's Son posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1996 1h 52m IRL

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnula Flanagan

Annie Higgins

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds

Danny Boyle

Robert Taylor

Election Agent

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

Kathleen Quigley

Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Gerard Quigley

David O'Hara

David O'Hara

Frank Higgins

John Lynch

Bobby Sands

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

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