Welcome to Lambay Cinema Club
NOTE: Lambay Cinema Club screenings are only open to over 16s
September 25th. 8 pm, 2025
Minari
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Cast:
Film Info: 2020, 12A. 1hr 55m. American
Steven Yeun and Yeri Han are Jacob and Monica Yi, an immigrant Korean couple who relocate from California to a large plot in the Ozarks with “the best dirt in America”. For Jacob, it’s his dream – the chance to escape the monotony of sexing chickens for a living and to make something of himself. Monica is more sceptical, appalled by the leaky mobile home into which this reckless venture has placed them. A farming novice, her husband must learn the ropes from scratch, aided only by their eccentric neighbour Paul (Will Patton), a Korean-war veteran and religious fanatic who speaks in tongues, performs makeshift exorcisms and spends his Sundays dragging a cross up the local highway.
“MINARI”
Date and time: ThursdayLocation St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland, The Square, Donabate. Co. Dublin. K36 Y521
October 23rd. 8 pm, 2025
FRÉWAKA
Director: Aislinn Clarke
Cast: Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Alexandra Bustryzhickaya
Film Info: 2024, 103 mins, Ireland.
Haunted by a personal tragedy, home care worker Shoo (Clare Monnelly) leaves her pregnant girlfriend to care for Peig (Bríd Ní Neachtain), a cantankerous old woman who has incarcerated herself in a big house on the edge of a remote village. Peig fears the neighbours as much as she fears na sídhe, sinister entities who she believes abducted her on her wedding night decades before. As the two develop a deep connection, Shoo is infected by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors of her own past.
Aislinn Clarke’s haunting folk horror is deftly woven through with contemporary concerns about mental health, inherited trauma, and the fraught realm of motherhood, as they impact upon the two fully-realised characters – brought to life with understated brilliance by Monnelly and Ní Neachtain.
Before the main movie, we’ve got a short film to kick things off.
‘The Secrets of my Success’
Written by Peter McCoy, ‘The Secrets of My Success’ is a dark comedy that follows janitor Smelly Joe from his despair of working in his old school to his dream of becoming a successful Ice Cream man.
“FRÉWAKA”
Date and time: ThursdayLocation St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland, The Square, Donabate. Co. Dublin. K36 Y521
November 20th. 8 pm, 2025
THE BLUE CAFTAN
Director: MARYAM TOUZANI
Cast: Saleh Bakri, Lubna Azabal, Ayoub Missioui.
Film Info: 2022, 122 mins, France-Morocco-Belgium.
Halim (Saleh Bakri) and Mina (Lubna Azabal) run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. Halim is a maalem, a master tailor specialising in bespoke cutting and artistic embroidery, which means that the process of preparing garments is slow and expensive. In order to keep up with customer demands, they hire Youssef (Ayoub Missioui), a talented young apprentice who is eager to learn everything he can from his new mentor. He is also, as Mina suspects, a potentially disruptive force; Halim is secretly gay, and engages in clandestine encounters at the local hammam, a fact Mina is aware of, and the couple share a mutually supportive bond that has seen them through her recent cancer diagnosis. Slowly, however, Mina comes to realise how much her husband is moved by the presence of the young man.
“The Blue Caftan”
Date and time: ThursdayLocation St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland, The Square, Donabate. Co. Dublin. K36 Y521
December 4th. 8 pm, 2025
Joyeux Noel
Director: Christian Carion
Cast: Diane Kruger, Natalie Dessay, Benno Fürmann
Film Info: 2005, 116 mins, France.
Joyeux Noël is a moving and visually striking historical drama based on the extraordinary true events of the 1914 Christmas truce during World War I. The film brings together soldiers from France, Scotland, and Germany who, amidst the harrowing conditions of the Western Front, found a moment of shared humanity during an impromptu ceasefire on Christmas Eve.
Through powerful storytelling and heartfelt performances, Joyeux Noël sheds light on the emotional and ideological struggles of individuals caught in wartime. The film transcends national boundaries, exploring the universal themes of compassion, brotherhood, and the longing for peace.
With its rich cinematography, multilingual dialogue, and unforgettable scenes of camaraderie amidst chaos, Joyeux Noël is both a stirring tribute to the resilience of the human spirit and a poignant reminder of the cost of war.
