Rent The Outcasts (1982)
4.0 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 35min
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- Synopsis:
- Scripted and directed by the writer of The Blood on Satan's Claw, this eerie folklorish tale is set in 19th-century Ireland amid an isolated rural community where poverty and superstition are rife. Maura (Mary Ryan), an introverted farm girl suspected of witchcraft, discovers a mystical world of the imagination through 'a wild, ungodly man' - the mysterious wanderer Scarf Michael (Mick Lally).
- Actors:
- Mary Ryan, Mick Lally, Don Foley, Tom Jordan, Cyril Cusack, Brenda Scallon, Bairbre Ní Chaoimh, Máirtín Jaimsie, Brendan Ellis, Gillian Hackett, Hilary Reynolds, Donal O'Kelly, James Shanahan, Paul Bennett
- Directors:
- Robert Wynne-Simmons
- Producers:
- Tony Dollard
- Writers:
- Robert Wynne-Simmons
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Ireland
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/09/2024
- Run Time:
- 106 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Newly recorded audio commentary by folklore historian and scholar Dr Diane A Rodgers
- Writing Folk Tales (2024,9 mins): in this newly filmed interview, Robert Wynne-Simmons revisits his debut feature
- The Fugitive (1964,31 mins): Robert Wynne-Simmons' first work with an outsider at its heart is a dark tale of violence, guilt and retribution shot on 8mm film against a backdrop of Mods and Rockers violence on the streets of 1960s Brighton
- The Outcasts in Pictures (2024,15 mins): the director recalls the film's production as he looks back through his own location photographs in this video essay
- The Wanderings of Ulick Joyce (1975,5 mins): a would-be king, banished from his realm for unholy deeds, is doomed to wander old Ireland forever in this distinctive animated short by Gillian Lacey
