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The Cripple of Inishmaan

 

1934.

The Aran Islands, Ireland.

The numbing boredom of life on Inishmaan - populated by misfits and miscreants - is shattered when Hollywood decides to make a film on the neighbouring island of Inishmore.

Young orphan Billy - crippled, twisted and unloved - determines to be part of the film and as news of Billy's ambition ripples through the news-starved community events take turns both comic and sinister.

And Cripple Billy is keeping a dark secret...

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