Rte Movies

  • 2024
    Nanci Griffith: From a Distance

    Nanci Griffith: From a Distance

    Nanci Griffith: From a Distance

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    The singer has a fascinating back story, having arrived in Ireland in 1987. Within a year, she had won over the Irish people and became the biggest-se...

    Nanci Griffith: From a Distance
  • 2016
    Touching

    Touching

    Touching

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    Nina, Edith and Ronald are sexual assistants. Their clients are people with disabilities, their job: to satisfy their desire for physical contact. Is...

    Touching
  • 1989
    Making 'The Mahabharata'

    Making 'The Mahabharata'

    Making 'The Mahabharata'

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    A Documentary about the Making of Peter Brook's "Mahabharata".

    Making 'The Mahabharata'
  • 1983
    Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce

    Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce

    Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce

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    A documentary recreating the life and writings of celebrated Irish author James Joyce with readings from his most famous works filmed on location in D...

    Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
  • 1985
    Picasso

    Picasso

    Picasso

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    The opening of the Picasso-National Museum in Paris granted a unique chance for Didier Baussy to document the precious collection in the museum in 81-...

    Picasso
  • 2018
    My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

    My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

    My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

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    Award-winning Irish actor Gabriel Byrne explores the life, works and passions of George Bernard Shaw, a giant of world literature, and - like Byrne -...

    My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
  • 2013
    Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman

    Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman

    Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman

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    A selection of Dermot Morgan's family, friends, colleagues and admirers, including Pat Shortt, Oliver Callan and Pauline Mc Lynn, look back on the lif...

    Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman
  • 1991
    The Treaty

    The Treaty

    The Treaty

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    How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after hig...

    The Treaty
  • 2024
    The Cable That Changed the World

    The Cable That Changed the World

    The Cable That Changed the World

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    The first transatlantic communications cable, traversing the ocean floor from Valentia Island, County Kerry, to Newfoundland, Canada, 165 years ago wa...

    The Cable That Changed the World
  • 1979
    Katie: The Year of a Child

    Katie: The Year of a Child

    Katie: The Year of a Child

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    Katie, the 14-year-old daughter of a travelling family, is left in charge of an ailing mother and her nine brothers and sisters in Dublin whilst her f...

    Katie: The Year of a Child
  • 2024
    Gnó an Rí

    Gnó an Rí

    Gnó an Rí

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    Three men fishing on a naomhóg, one of them crowns himself king, the other two execute a clever revenge.

    Gnó an Rí
  • 1985
    The Price

    The Price

    The Price

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    Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful daug...

    The Price
  • 1970
    Errigal

    Errigal

    Errigal

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    This documentary is set against the scenic backdrop of Mount Errigal in County Donegal. The mountains of Donegal are depicted like fairytale characte...

    Errigal
  • 1986
    Shergar

    Shergar

    Shergar

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    Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison,...

    Shergar
  • 1995
    Riverdance: The Show

    Riverdance: The Show

    Riverdance: The Show

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    Riverdance--The Show is a cultural phenomenon that defies criticism for the enthusiastic and leaves everyone else scratching their heads. The wonderfu...

    Riverdance: The Show
  • 2016
    The Boring Diary of Frances Noone

    The Boring Diary of Frances Noone

    The Boring Diary of Frances Noone

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    The pen is mightier than the ruler.

    The Boring Diary of Frances Noone
  • 2002
    From Darkness

    From Darkness

    From Darkness

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    A lonely fisherman drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for. Based on an Inuit folktale.

    From Darkness
  • 1997
    My Dinner With Oswald

    My Dinner With Oswald

    My Dinner With Oswald

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    Relationships are strained to breaking point by an obsession with conspiracy theories surrounding JFK's assassination.

    My Dinner With Oswald
  • 1976
    Even the Olives Are Bleeding

    Even the Olives Are Bleeding

    Even the Olives Are Bleeding

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    An RTÉ documentary on Irish involvement in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.

    Even the Olives Are Bleeding
  • 1971
    A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton

    A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton

    A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton

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    Based on real stories, using both actors and non-actors, and filmed on location in Dublin, A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton (1971) is a rare examp...

    A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton