Filleann an Feall : Cillian Murphy Speaks in Irish

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This month’s Monthly Murphy is very special. I have seen this short years ago and haven’t found the right time to share it till today. This is the first and only time I heard the gorgeous Cillian Murphy speaks in Irish…well broken Irish to be precise.

Cillian Murphy has done 9 short films so far, and I have seen 8 of them…couldn’t find his first short yet, but I will one day

I have shared 4  films in this beloved Monthly Murphy of mine, they are The Silent City, Watchmen, The Water, and At The Death’s Door.

Today…I will share Filleann an Feall. This is a 20 minute short film about Seán (Don Wycherley) and Ger (Cillian Murphy), two Dubliners who happened to be a small time criminal. They got a job that required them to speak Irish. Ger wasn’t good in Irish but he tried hard to speak the language. They soon found a kind of treasure that made them forgot their job.

The Irish Film Board Synopsis:

Two Dubs, Sean and Ger, get wind of the proverbial pot of gold and what should be a straight-forward job becomes a fiasco. But, there’s an old Irish saying – “Filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire – What goes around comes around”.

In Irish:

Congratulation For Your Best Actor Awards, Cillian Murphy

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Dear Cillian Murphy,

You are trully one of the best actors nowadays…too bad not many people see that, but I do. Congratulation for the best actor award at The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards. I know I didn’t see the play (I really really wish I could) but I am sure you are amazing there as many critics said you were.

While everyone seems to pay attention to Oscar, I have my eyes on a different award. I have shared a bit about the award on my previous Monthly Murphy. The result was announced on February 26.

I didn’t share it in my blog straight away because I want it to be in my March Monthly Murphy.

The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards for best actors, the nominees are:

• Cillian Murphy as Thomas Magill in Misterman , written and directed by Enda Walsh, produced by Landmark Productions/Galway Arts Festival
• Patrick O’Kane as John Proctor in The Crucible , by Arthur Miller, directed by Conall Morrison for The Lyric Theatre, Belfast.
• Paul Reid in Man of Valour , written by Michael West, directed by Annie Ryan and produced by Corn Exchange Theatre Company.
• Philip Judge as Older Man in Trade , written by Mark O’Halloran, directed by Tom Creed for Thisispopbaby.

And the winner is:

Cillian Murphy as Thomas Magill in Misterman , written and directed by Enda Walsh, produced by Landmark Productions/Galway Arts Festival.

Horayyyyyy……. \(^_^)/

I love his acceptance speech…such a down to earth speech. (see the video of his speech at the end of this post)

The Wordsworth Collection of Irish Ghost stories

Blurb:

With a word of warning to those of nervous a disposition, Wordsworth presents this spellbinding collection of chilling Celtic tales of the macabre, all drawn from the rich and varied literary tradition of a culture long enchanted by things supernatural, ‘a land where ghosts and ghost-seers are so common’. Featuring the imaginative writing of such towering masters of the genre as Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Patrick Kennedy, Thomas Crofton Croker and George Moore, this volume of ghoulish masterpieces from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is an encapsulation of the arcane lore, magical landscape and fantastic creativity of the Irish. Don’t attempt to read these horrifying tales alone in an empty house. Your blood will run cold as the unreal becomes real and the impossible all too possible. Indelible images will possess your imagination and haunt your dreams. Make sure all the lights are on and the doors are bolted.

If I have reviewed it, I will link it to each title.

Intermission

Intermission is an Irish movie that I looked for simply because Cillian Murphy is in it , I’ll try to watch every single movie that he plays…but my judgment over the movie is  not clouded by the fact that Cillian is in it.

Intermission is directed by John Crowley and written by Mark O Rowe (Cillian’s newest movie, Perrier’s Bounty is also written by this man). There are so many casts for this movie but I’m just going to mention some of them while telling the story of this movie.

This movie reminds me so much of Rock n Rolla, there are so many stories but all of them relate to one another. It’s interesting and sometimes it’s funny tho I wouldn’t called it as one of my favorite Cillian Movies

The story: Story like Intermission is a bit difficult to write because it’ll give some spoilers, but I’ll try. Lehiff (Collin Farrel) is a local bad boy, all he can think about is to do something illegal. A notorious detective, Jerry Lynch (Colm Meaney) has his eyes on him. Meanwhile, in another part of the town, a middle aged bank manager named Sam is leaving his wife, Noeleen, for a younger woman named Deirdre. Deirdre used to go out with John (Cillian Murphy). John and Oscar work in a supermarket with a very annoying manager. Oscar desperately wants a girlfriend and he asks John to accompany him to a bar to find a woman. He meets Noeleen and they start sleeping together.

John had enough of his manager and it causes his job. Meanwhile, Mick, a bus driver, also loss his job because a small boy throws a rock into the front window and causes an accident. Lehiff asks Mick and John to find easy money by blackmailing Sam. John agrees because he wants to hurt Sam and tries to get Deirdre back.

Ow…I almost forgot about Sally, Deirdre’s sister. She has big grudge over men and refuses to dress up…she soon realizes how terrible she is when she sees herself in television. She was being interviewed for saving the life of people on Mick’s bus. After interviewing Sally, Ben the reporter, makes a documentary film by following Jerry.

So…will Lehiff, Mick and John get the money? Will john get Deirdre back? Will Oscar live happily with an older woman? And what will happen in these series of people’s life? Well, you have to watch it for yourself, I’m not going to spoil it here.

It’s a really nice black comedy, not much of a laugh there but I admit that it is quite fun. I learn to like this kinda movie, where everyone has their own story and somehow related, lately.

So…just like Rock n Rolla, I’m giving this movie 3 stars, which mean I like it. I wanna see Perrie’s Bounty…it seems more fun than this one.

Cillian’s Special