Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village

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Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village

2016

1h 20m

Documentary

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The position of the church in modern Ireland.

Tara Brady

Irish Times

01/01/2017

3/5

Engaging but not entirely satisfying.

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Stephen Porzio

Film Ireland Magazine

08/19/2024

It's an impressive work in the sense that it tackles very weighty and complex issues such as faith, the commercialisation of religion, the child-sex abuse scandals, abortion and homophobia while still retaining a certain lightness.

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Katy Hayes

Sunday Times (UK)

12/21/2017

2/5

Being the format used for the Glasnevin film, it should work equally well, but film-making, like religious apparitions, is a mysterious process: you create the same conditions but the vision doesn't materialise.

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Aine O'Connor

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

08/29/2016

4/5

Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village, the title taken from a British newspaper headline at the time, offers a fascinating and fair insight into the village which has grown around the events of 1879.

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Paul Whitington

Irish Independent

08/29/2016

4/5

Strange Occurrences doesn't set out to poke fun, but instead lets Knock and its devotees speak for themselves, sometimes to their detriment.

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RTÉ (Ireland)

08/25/2016

4/5

Aoife Kelleher's documentary is sprinkled with a range of other vignettes of faith, heart and humour but the main focus is on the characters both local and pilgrim alike.

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03/07/2017

This is easily one of the worst religious documentaries of all time (I have seen a fair share). I picked it up in the Knock bookstore, thinking that it must be a decent film if it's sold and even prominently displayed there. I was sorely disappointed. The filmmakers completely fail to come to grips with the meaning or theological significance of Knock. Of course, a documentary filmmaker need not believe or fully comprehend a religious subject, but this film does not seem interested whatsoever in the message of Knock. Even if you think it's a load of you-know-what, there is still a message to be explored. This is Religious Studies 101. Knock, arguably, is a sort of "code" about the holy Eucharist: the Catholic Mass that was banned under pain of death by the Protestant English, for which many an Irish priest and laymen gave up their very lives. Anyhow, a singularly unsatisfying and rather boring effort.

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Aoife Kelleher

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Rachel Lysaght

Writer

Lindsay Campbell

Producer

Rachel Lysaght

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James Mitchell

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Rachel Lysaght

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Synopsis

The position of the church in modern Ireland.

Director: Aoife Kelleher
Producer: Lindsay Campbell, Rachel Lysaght
Screenwriter: Rachel Lysaght
Production Co: Underground Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 7, 2017
Runtime: 1h 20m

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