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DISCO PIGS Director: Genre:
Pig and Runt - born on the same day, in Kristen Sheridan Drama,
the same hospital, are inseparable from Writer: Crime,
birth, they are almost telepathic. They are Linda Walsh Romance
also partners in crime, with an appetite for Enda Walsh Year of
recklessness, exploration and destruction. Cast: Production: 2001
Pig’s sexual awakening and increasing Elaine Cassidy
jealousy begins to threaten the private Cillian Murphy
universe they have spent their lives con- Brian F. O’Byrne
structing. The invisible thread between
them is stretched to breaking point, the
inseparable are about to separate, and
which one will survive depends on which
one can break free.

EL NORTE Director: Genre: Drama
Gregory Nava Year of
Teenage brother and sister Enrique and
Rosa are orphaned following an attack on Writer: Production: 1983
their village in Guatemala and the murder Gregory Nava
of their father by government forces. De- Anna Thomas
termined to start a new life in ‘The North’ Cast:
the pair make their way to Los Angeles by Zaide Silvia
truck, bus and other means, with some Gutiérrez,
help from friends. Once there, they try to David Villalpando
make a new life as young, uneducated,
and illegal immigrants. Winner, Academy
Award for Best Original Screenplay, 1984.

EMMA’S WAR Director: Genre: Drama
Australian teenager, Emma, is preoccu- Clytie Jessop Year of
pied with adolescent dreams and appears Writer: Production: 1985
to be unconcerned with World War II Clytie Jessop
despite her father’s deployment on the Peter Smalley
other side of the world. Emma’s mother Cast:
is forced to work in a war factory and, un- Lee Remick
able to cope, she sends her two daughters Miranda Otto
to boarding school. The two sisters thrive Terence Donovan
at the school, but their mother becomes Mark Lee
desperately lonely and turns to drink as an Bridey Lee
escape. But when Japanese submarines Donal Gibson
attack Sydney harbour all of their lives are
turned into chaos...

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