32A

(Ireland, 2007, 89 mins)

35mm

writer: Marian Quinn
director of photography: PJ Dillon
editor: Rune Schweitzer
sound designer: Lars Ginzel
composer: Gerry Leonard
production designer: Paki Smith
costume designer: Driscoll Calder
executive producer: James Flynn, Line Producer Adrian Devane
producer: Tommy Weir
co-producer: Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
production company: Janey Pictures / Flying Moon Production, Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, RTÉ, Media Programme of the European Union, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board
cast: Ailish McCarthy, Sophie Jo Wasson, Orla Long, Riona Smith, with Aidan Quinn, Orla Brady, Jared Harris

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If you have ever been a 13-year-old girl, you may find something familiar about Maeve. No matter that this is 1979 Dublin — everything at this age is equal parts brave adventure and agonizing frustration. Maeve and her three best pals are inseparable, until a hunky older (16!) boy warms up to Maeve and invites her to parties at the Grove disco where the kids drink beer and listen to Elvis Costello. Brian is the spitting image of a young Roger Daltry and has the cool to go along with it. No question that Maeve, possibly a little baffled by the attention, wants to grow a little, but this means pulling away from the tight-knit friendships she shares with Ruth, Orla, and Claire. These girls are coping with their own agonizing changes, and begin to bristle at Maeve’s distractions. Fine authentic details of dialogue, costume, and music are woven throughout this accomplished first feature from director Marian Quinn, winner of the Best First Film at the Galway Film Fleadh. In addition to established actors Aiden Quinn (the director’s brother) and Orla Brady, “the young cast give lively, unaffected performances taken, no doubt, from their own recent experiences. As Maeve, newcomer Ailish McCarthy is a real find; beautifully expressing the excitement of discovery through a big pair of blue eyes and later, nimbly finding the faces required to express frustration and disappointment without letting anyone other than the camera know.” — John Maguire, Confessions of a Film Critic.

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UW Center for European Studies

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