The Outcasts (1982)

4.8
(24)

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.

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9 Comments

  1. Steves
    November 2, 2018
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    Outstanding stuff you’ve been putting up, Jon!!!!! Big cheers!

  2. Mark C
    October 6, 2019
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    Beautiful film. Thanks for uploading Jon!

  3. Biff Whipster
    December 26, 2019
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    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.

  4. Manu
    March 2, 2020
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    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!!!

  5. April 20, 2020
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    Kudos for uploading this. Modern Ireland has forgotten this film and it needs to be preserved.

  6. John
    August 1, 2021
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    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?

  7. David
    December 19, 2022
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    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.

  8. Clare La Feber-Toolis
    December 29, 2022
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    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.

  9. Gladys Horkins
    January 28, 2024
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    I have been intrigiued by this film for 40 years…I am aware that is is fictional..however there comes across that the writer has his own beliefs/visions of what may lie ahead for those who ‘want to know’..as Mary Ryan said in the film. I feel sure some members of the cast must have talked/questioned the writer re: the story..the journey of the film albeit fictional. It’s a facinating film…just watched it again for second time after forty years…still grabs me.
    Thank you to the person who made this film available to me

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