Fantasy drama about a young girl’s discovery of her own magic powers through contact with Scarf Michael, a mysterious wedding fiddler whose playing causes fear and hallucinations wherever it is heard.
Director: Robert Wynne-Simmons.
Writer: Robert Wynne-Simmons.
Stars: Paul Bennett, Bairbre Ní Chaoimh, Cyril Cusack, Brendan Ellis, Don Foley, Gillian Hackett, Tom Jordan, Mick lally, Donal O’Kelly, Hilary Reynolds, Mary Ryan, Brenda Scallon, James Shanahan, Mairtín Ó’Flathearta.
Outstanding stuff you’ve been putting up, Jon!!!!! Big cheers!
Beautiful film. Thanks for uploading Jon!
I recorded this film on video from when it was aired on Channel 4. It gave me a love of folklore, myth and folk music that has lasted almost 40yrs. I lost all my old tapes about 15yrs ago. At the time I am sure I read online that the original recording had been lost and so I thought I’d never get to see this film again. I can’t believe every scene and word is exactly as I recall. This film is quite possibly the most important film I ever saw. Thanks for posting it.
Thanks a lot for downlowding this wonderful mystic film about small villages , prejudices and mystic tellings!!! I am glad to find this wonderful at rarefilmm.com, becauce it doesn´ t exist a DVD . I saw this film formertimes at the Leeds Filmfestival in the nineties. Thanks a lot Jon!!!
Kudos for uploading this. Modern Ireland has forgotten this film and it needs to be preserved.
Been looking for this for a few years having seen it on channel 40 or so years ago. Still a classic film. At the time i saw the film ilived in London and didn’t know that i would one day settle in Ireland… After 20 years here and a naturalised Irish citezen the film means so much more than it fid back then. Thanks for uploading and sharing?
I saw this on RTE when it first came out and have looked forward to seeing it again. Now I have and I did BUT the Channel 4 edit seems to have rejigged the ending and removed the gut punch from the original. I guess it was for those that require an ‘ending’, personally I prefer the question mark that hangs for a few days after viewing. Still a hauntingly good film.
I saw this on Channel 4, around 1982 I think and was blown away by it. Searched for it over the years, and had heard that it was lost, so I am delighted to see it available again. This haunting film really stuck with me over the years.