lotus eaters Exclusive Preview Screening

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT THE 9TH ANNUAL IRISH FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS

IFTA is delighted to invite Irish Film & Television Academy Members to an exclusive Awards Viewing Season screening of Lotus Eaters on Monday 12th December in Odeon, Harcourt Street Dublin 2.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
9th ANNUAL IRISH FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS

ABOUT THE FILM

The bright young things of London's social elite lead an excessive lifestyle that allows them to luxuriate in their own self-destruction. At the centre is Alice, an ex-model unable to keep up with the opulent standards her peers feverishly chase. Alice may be in love with her on-and-off boyfriend Charlie, but the multiple pleasures of wealth and youth distract them from commitment.

Meanwhile, Felix is besotted with Alice, even as he indecisively takes up with his naïve, needy girlfriend. Between wild summer nights in Glastonbury and the South of France, a love torn Orna gets her rocks off weaving overlapping love triangles that wreak havoc on impressionable hearts.

Alexandra McGuinness' elegant black-and-white directorial debut finds the pulse of something real in a hot mess of horses, pet monkeys, spiritual gurus, and vodka baths. Clad in designer outfits and perplexing headpieces, a luminescent ensemble led by Antonia Campbell-Hughes with Benn Northover, Amber Anderson, Cynthia Fortune Ryan, Liam Browne, Gina Bramhill, Jay Choi, Alex Wyndham, Daisy Lewis, and Katrena Rochell live out their lives to an evocative indie soundtrack featuring the anachronistic folk stylings of lead actor Johnny Flynn alongside performances from some of the world's most influential bands.

The film received it's world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and recently screened at the Cork International Film Festival and Galway Film Fleadh.