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When All Is Ruin Once Again

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A film about rural life in the midst of great local, national and global change. A new motorway ploughs through a community in the west of Ireland, a glaring symbol of our modern age. Over the next 7 years the film weaves an epic tapestry of reflections from bog-lands, fire-sides, race tracks and hurling pitches; all while the country is hit by the worst economic crisis it has ever faced and the realization that we are living unsustainably slowly dawns. W.B Yeats, who lived in the area where the film is set, provides the title's prophetic words and prompts us to consider the value of memory and the impermanence of our existence. All is in flux. The mis-use of our natural resources percolates beneath the surface and rises up in the form of rising flood-waters. The proliferation of a landscape shaped by man suggests that it won't be time that ends our civilization but the actions of humans. This award winning film exists somewhere between classic ethnography, abstract poetry and a clarion call for the age we live in.

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June Butler Film Ireland Magazine Jan 3
What makes When All Is Ruin Once Again so special is Walsh’s ability to see both sides and allow viewers reach their own conclusions. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Keith Walsh

Director

Jill Beardsworth

Producer

Keith Walsh

Cinematographer

Keith Walsh

Film Editor

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh

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Synopsis A film about rural life in the midst of great local, national and global change. A new motorway ploughs through a community in the west of Ireland, a glaring symbol of our modern age. Over the next 7 years the film weaves an epic tapestry of reflections from bog-lands, fire-sides, race tracks and hurling pitches; all while the country is hit by the worst economic crisis it has ever faced and the realization that we are living unsustainably slowly dawns. W.B Yeats, who lived in the area where the film is set, provides the title's prophetic words and prompts us to consider the value of memory and the impermanence of our existence. All is in flux. The mis-use of our natural resources percolates beneath the surface and rises up in the form of rising flood-waters. The proliferation of a landscape shaped by man suggests that it won't be time that ends our civilization but the actions of humans. This award winning film exists somewhere between classic ethnography, abstract poetry and a clarion call for the age we live in.
Director
Keith Walsh
Producer
Jill Beardsworth
Distributor
Break Out Pictures
Production Co
Twopair Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 15, 2020
Runtime
1h 17m