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PRODUCTION TEAM
Director :
Johnny Gogan
Script :
Johnny Gogan
Photography :
Owen McPolin
Editor :
Catherine Creed
Cast :
Brian F. O'Byrne, Susan Lynch, Brendan Coyle, Ian McElhinney, Marie Jones, Oisin Kearney, Bill Hickey, Dermot Healy, Anthony Brophy, Pat Shortt, Marie Jones, Michael Roper, John R. Flanagan
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MAPMAKER
Richie Markey, a 33-year-old cartographer from the south, is commissioned to draw a tourist map of Rosveagh parish, a picturesque spot which lies north of the Irish border. When he arrives in the rural community, however, he quickly realizes that things aren't as peaceful as he imagined. He immediately notices that some archaeological sites are under threat. He challenges the forestry manager, Robert Bates, but without success. Later he discovers from Jane, the man's wife, why these sites haven't been preserved. A survey years earlier had to be abandoned when one of the team, a local man named Peter Nolan, "disappeared" after allegations that he had informed on two IRA men who had been killed in retaliation for their involvement in the death of a soldier. Cub Nolan, a young boy who has been shadowing Richie since his arrival in town, protests his father's innocence. Richie is encouraged by Jane to continue his work. One day he stumbles upon the body of Peter Nolan, the alleged informer. Nolan's widow is grateful to Richie but continues to protest her husband's innocence. However, Richie mysteriously receives a tape of the man's confession, which he later considers to be a threat from Kieran Maguire, a man who has been warning him since his arrival to desist from meddling in the ongoing tit-for-tat feud between himself and the forestry company. Dissuaded from leaving by Jane, Richie is beginning to realize that the completion of his map holds the key to the mystery of Nolan's death.
Johnny Gogan
Johnny Gogan got into film by running the small independent cinema, The Ha'penny Film Club, together with his sister Jane, between 1983 and 1986. In 1987 he started Film Base News, now Film Ireland, which he edited for three years. He made his directorial debut in 1989 with Stephen, which won best Irish short at the Galway Film Festival. In 1992 he wrote, directed co-produced The Bargain Shop, a one-hour drama for German television. He made his feature debut in 1997 with THE LAST BUS HOME, which won best film at the Cherbourg Festival of British and Irish Cinema.
August 24, 2002 • 13:00:00 • EATON • E4.24.1 •
August 25, 2002 • 19:30:00 • EATON • E4.25.4 •
August 26, 2002 • 14:20:00 • EATON • E4.26.2 •
August 27, 2002 • 14:30:00 • EATON • E4.27.2 •
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