Magnolia Pictures announced that Conor McPherson’s acclaimed ghost story, “The Eclipse”, won three top prizes at the Irish Film and Television Awards this last Sunday, Feb. 21. “The Eclipse” from director Conor McPherson stars Ciaran Hinds, Iben Hjejle and Aidan Quinn.
Synopsis: Michael Farr (Ciaran Hinds) is a widower living in a misty Irish seaside town who is struggling to adjust to his new role as the sole caretaker of his two children. Still reeling from the death of his wife, he has been plagued by terrifying apparitions. When he volunteers at a local literary festival, he finds he finds himself drawn to Lena Morelle (Iben Hjejle), an empathetic author of supernatural fiction. While Lena tries to help Michael with the mystery of his nightmarish visions, she must contend with problems of her own-she’s being jealously pursued by a self-obsessed novelist (Aidan Quinn), her one-time lover. As the three adults’ lives converge, the turbulence of the phantom world will soon have nothing on that of the living.
THE ECLIPSE will premiere on VOD, Amazon and XBOX Live February 26th, 2010 and opens in theatres March 26th, 2010.
I saw this movie at Tribecca and it was pretty bad. I hope it was heavily edited. Should have gone straight to dvd.