Maeve (film)

Maeve
Directed by	Pat Murphy
Screenplay by	Pat Murphy
Starring	Mary Jackson
Cinematography	Robert Smith
Edited by	John Davies
Music by	Robert Boyle Pete Nu
Release date	1981 (1981)

Maeve is a 1981 experimental drama art film written and directed by Pat Murphy. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} A co-production between United Kingdom and Ireland, it premiered out of competition at the 38th edition of the Venice Film Festival. ^[5] It was the first British Film Institute production to be screened at the Venice Festival. ^[6]

Cast

• Mary Jackson as Maeve Sweeney
• Mark Mulholland as Martin Sweeney
• Bríd Brennan as Roisin
• Trudy Kelly as Eileen
• John Keegan as Liam Doyle
• Nuala McCann as Young Maeve
• George Shane as Causeway Man
• Aingeal Grehan as Joan O'Neill

See also

• Independent cinema in the United Kingdom

References

1. Bradshaw, Peter (11 May 2021). "Maeve review – rapturously stark realist prose poem of 80s Belfast". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 May 2025.
2. Gibbons, Luke (1983). "Lies That Tell the Truth: Maeve, History and Irish Cinema". The Crane Bag. 7 (2): 148–155. ISSN   0332-060X. JSTOR   30060610 . Retrieved 28 May 2025.
3. O'Dwyer, Jack (28 November 2018). "Irish Film Review @ Cork Film Festival: Maeve". Film Ireland Magazine. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
4. Johnston, Trevor (5 July 2021). "Maeve review: a startlingly radical Irish experiment". Sight and Sound . Retrieved 28 May 2025.
5. "La Biennale cinema si allunga". Corriere della Sera . 22 August 1981. p. 14.
6. Brady, Tara (15 May 2021). "Pat Murphy: 'It was so volatile. I was in fear all the time'". The Irish Times . Retrieved 28 May 2025.

External links

• Maeve at IMDb