The Eclipse on RTE one
THE ECLIPSE will broadcast on RTE One on March 17th at 9.30pm.
The film received its World Premiere at Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Film Festival in New York last year, where it became the hit of the festival, scooped the prize for Best Actor for Ciaran Hinds and was picked up for US distribution by Magnolia Pictures.
Ciarán Hinds said: “He’s a man trying to hold together a family inside these circumstances of dealing with grief and bereavement. The nature of the story? I wasn’t sure how much of the horror element Connor might use. He was always talking about the psychological state of Michael. Connor is a great film fan, and he has watched a lot of different stuff. So he handled it differently. Especially in getting the audience to empathize with Michael. How extreme his thoughts could be inside this grief. That was something for Connor to discover. And find out how he would use that. For me, there was something very truthful at the heart of this story. There was a real truth about bereavement. This poor fellow is just trying to understand what he is going through. Yet, at the end of this whole journey, there is a little light. There is this wonderful woman. I’m not sure they’ve fallen in love, but they have really connected in a way. She brings light into his life. I like the redemption side of it as well.”