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'Cr na Cille' is a 2007 Irish film directed by Robert Quinn. In the Irish language, it is an adaptation of Mirtn Cadhain's 1949 novel 'Cr na Cille'. It was released outside Ireland under the English title 'Graveyard Clay'.

Production



'Cr na Cille' was filmed in various locations in Connemara, County Galway in 2006 to commemorate the centenary of Cadhain's birth. It was filmed with HDCAM in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio and with Dolby Digital sound.

Plot



A graveyard in Connemara. As the members of a small community die, their spirits linger on in the grave and can speak to each other.

Release



'Cr na Cille' premiered in Galway in December 2006.

It screened at the 2007 Shanghai International Film Festival (shortlisted for the Jin Jue Award) and at the Irish Film Festival, Boston.

'Cr na Cille' won an award for Outstanding Services to the Irish Language at the 2007 Aisling Awards.

It premiered on television on TG4 on St Stephen's Day 2007.

Brd N Neachtain's performance was highly praised by critics.

Awards



Legacy

Dr Sen Crosson of NUI Galway observed that "It was remarked to me by one of those involved in the production of 'Cr na Cille', for example, that if it had not been made this year, it would have been increasingly difficult for the work ever to have been successfully adapted as fluent speakers of the richly textured and complex Irish found in Cadhains masterpiece become more difficult to find."https://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/bitstream/handle/10379/621/FromKing.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

Actress Brd N Neachtain appeared on an Irish 55-cent stamp in 2008, depicted in a still from 'Cr na Cille'.

References




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